philosophy and ethics

Can Atheism Rescue God? (and vice versa)

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How is it possible in this 21st century that people still disagree about whether or not God exists?  Can the biggest single question we can ask – a question that clearly shapes our whole view of life and its possibilities – remain without a universally accepted answer?

This book is an attempt to get beyond the philosophical nonsense in which naïve language about God or uncompromising atheism can so easily become a distraction from engagement with what really matters.

Neither atheism nor theism need conform to their caricatures; together they offer a balance of rational and cultural subtlety that is far richer than either can offer on its own. And that richness finds its expression in the natural desire to create, to celebrate and to love.

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Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-72)

If you've always thought of Feuerbach as an atheist who saw God as no more than a projection of humankind's best qualities, think again. He's a remarkable thinker, and contributes positively to our understanding of 'God' in today's secular world.

Here are some of my notes on The Essence of Christianity, 1841.

And for an article on how philosophy and theology relate to one another - including the disastrous mistake at the Enlighenment that led to modern confusions about what the word 'God' means - just click here.

 

An article entitled 'Behind the Idea of 'God'', exploring these ideas against the background of A-level Philosophy of Relion, has been published in the April 2023 edition of Dialogue. If you do not already subcribe to Dialogue, take a look at this link:

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Some of the ideas to be explored in this new book have already been touched on in two of my previous publications. Take a look at:

And for two great thinkers who stuggled with the impact of the First World War on their idea of religion and God, see...