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The Death of God

2009-09-01 Religion
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Book Synopsis The Death of God by : Gabriel Vahanian

Download or read book The Death of God written by Gabriel Vahanian. This book was released on 2009-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of God began, according to Vahanian, the moment Western man started to compromise with the Biblical concept of God transcendent, and to merge the identity of the Godhead with the identity of humankind. From this compromise evolved the belief in the possibility of heaven on earth, in human perfectibility, in the expectation that man, both individually and collectively, can control his termporal fate. Today, as a consequence, Western society not only exalts all possible material comforts, but requires as well easy, guaranteed, status-assuring religious affiliations. The present search for "inner security" is in direct opposition to the toleration of doubt that tests the strength of genuine religious faith. And Vahanian shows how our spiritual decline is reflected in much of the most important imaginative writing of today.

The Death of God and the Meaning of Life

2014-05-16 Philosophy
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Release : 2014-05-16
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Death of God and the Meaning of Life by : Julian Young

Download or read book The Death of God and the Meaning of Life written by Julian Young. This book was released on 2014-05-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life. Three new chapters explore Søren Kierkegaard’s attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Karl Marx's attempt to translate this answer into naturalistic and atheistic terms, and Sigmund Freud’s deep pessimism about the possibility of any version of such an answer. Part 1 presents an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Marx who have believed in a meaning of life, either in some supposed ‘other’ world or in the future of this world. Part 2 assesses what happened when the traditional structures that give life meaning began to erode. With nothing to take their place, these structures gave way to the threat of nihilism, to the appearance that life is meaningless. Young looks at the responses to this threat in chapters on Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Foucault and Derrida. Fully revised and updated throughout, this highly engaging exploration of fundamental issues will captivate anyone who’s ever asked themselves where life’s meaning (if there is one) really lies. It also makes a perfect historical introduction to philosophy, particularly to the continental tradition.

Culture and the Death of God

2014-03-25 Religion
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Release : 2014-03-25
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Book Synopsis Culture and the Death of God by : Terry Eagleton

Download or read book Culture and the Death of God written by Terry Eagleton. This book was released on 2014-03-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers new observations on the persistence of God in modern times, and considers how the war on terror and a post-9/11 society has impacted atheism.

Radical Theology and the Death of God

1966 Death of God theology
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Release : 1966
Genre : Death of God theology
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Book Synopsis Radical Theology and the Death of God by : Thomas J. J. Altizer

Download or read book Radical Theology and the Death of God written by Thomas J. J. Altizer. This book was released on 1966. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joint author, William Hamilton, is an alumnus of Evanston Township High School, class of 1940.

Resurrecting the Death of God

2014-05-01 Religion
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Release : 2014-05-01
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Book Synopsis Resurrecting the Death of God by : Daniel J. Peterson

Download or read book Resurrecting the Death of God written by Daniel J. Peterson. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers the legacy and future of radical theology. In 1966, an infamous Time magazine cover asked “Is God Dead?” and brought the ideas of theologians William Hamilton and Thomas J. J. Altizer to the wider public. In the years that followed, both men suffered professionally and there was no notable increase to the small number of thinkers considered death of God theologians. Meanwhile, Christian fundamentalism staged a striking comeback in the United States. Yet, death of God, or radical, theology has had an ongoing influence on contemporary theology and philosophy. Contributors to this book explore the origins, influence, and legacy of radical theology and go on to take it in new directions. In a time when fundamentalism is the greatest religious temptation, this volume makes the case for the necessity of resurrecting the death of God. “Resurrecting the Death of God shows why Altizer continues to ride the stream of contemporary conversations in academic theology and continental philosophy without ever losing his luster.” — Carl A. Raschke, author of Postmodernism and the Revolution in Religious Theory: Toward a Semiotics of the Event

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