Clark, Stephen R.L.
Understanding Faith
Militant atheists often mirror the worst kind of ignorance and hostility that they condemn in traditional believers. Writing both as a philosopher and an Anglican Christian, Professor Clark explores this initial perception, considering such topics as the alleged openness of ‘scientists’ compared with the ‘dogmatism’ of ‘believers’; the difficulty of reading ‘scripture’ outside ‘the community of faith’ that has selected and elaborated it; the problems of moral realism (and the problem with abandoning it); why Darwinian and neo-Darwinian Theory has been unpopular with some believers, and what if anything can still be affirmed from it; what can be learnt from modern biology (especially) about our relations with other creatures; the nature of God; the metaphor of ‘waking up’ as applied to our hopes of heaven; the varieties of possible world orders founded on differing religious schemata (including some atheistical ones); and the place of religion in the State. He concludes, appropriately, with some remarks about the End.
Nyckelord: Philosophy, Religion, Militant Atheism, atheism, atheist, Moral Philosophy, Ethics, darwin, darwinian, evolution, apocalypse, God
- Författare
- Clark, Stephen R.L.
- Utgivare
- Andrews UK
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Språk
- en
- Utgåva
- 1
- Serie
- St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
- Sidantal
- 277 sidor
- Kategori
- Fostran, undervisning
- Format
- E-bok
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781845402877
- Tryckt ISBN
- 9781845401542