
God
Thoughts in an Age of Uncertainty
James Byrne(Author)
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Published on 1. May 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
184 pages
978-0-8264-8098-9 (ISBN)
Description
'God is the utterly ineffable symbol through which we attempt to express a reality greater than the fragments of the mundane, a totality greater than the self, and a horizon beyond the intangible.' Modern men and women have seen Nietzsche's proclamation of the death of God as a great liberation. Yet, the death of old beliefs can cause us to feel that the world has grown colder. In this important book, James Byrne explores how we can think creatively about God again. By engaging with philosophers, such as Kierkegaard, Sartre and Nietzsche, as well as contemporaries as varied as the Dalai Lama and the late British journalist John Diamond, Byrne invites us to abandon naive ideas about God, and to think of God as something more that the idol of the church, philosophers and theologians.
Reviews / Votes
"'Many traditional publishers of religious books have not given adequate attention to their wider readership...the current series from Continuum on the big theological issues is aimed at a general readership and is widely available' The Tablet 'This book is as much about you the reader in today's Western society, as about God' Reform"More details
Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-8098-9 (9780826480989)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
James Byrne is associate professor of Religious Studies at Saint Michael's College, Vermont, USA. His previous works include Religion and the Enlightenment and Christian Understanding of God today.
Content
1. Introduction; 2. God and the Self; 3. The Sickness unto death?; 4. On not Knowing God; 5. Facing the Wrath of God; 6. Divine Consolation; 7. God, History, Contingency; 8. God and the Cosmos; 9. Beyond the Idol; 10. Conclusion; 11. References and Bibliography; 12. Index.