God

Details Author Reviews Description At the beginning of the 21st century, God has become boring and irrelevant, states Keith Ward in this thought-provoking text. Ward presents an investigation of the history of ideas about God that is marked by radical views, erudition and wit. He provides a journey through the philosophical and cultural heritage of the last 2000 years, drawing on such rich and diverse sourc At the beginning of the 21st century, God has become boring and irrelevant, states Keith Ward in this thought-provoking text. Ward presents an investigation of the history of ideas about God that is marked by radical views, erudition and wit. He provides a journey through the philosophical and cultural heritage of the last 2000 years, drawing on such rich and diverse sources as the myths of the Greek gods on Mount Olympus, through the philosophy of St Augustine and Sartre, to wet Sunday afternoons and the movie Alien. The intellectual and theological legacies of almost every renowned thinker - believers and non-believers alike - are considered, from Aristotle to Ayer, Hegel to Heidegger, Al Ghazali to Sankara. At the beginning of the 21st century, God has become boring and irrelevant, states Keith Ward in this thought-provoking text. Ward presents an investigation of the history of ideas about God that is marked by radical views, erudition and wit. He provides a journey through the philosophical and cultural heritage of the last 2000 years, drawing on such rich and diverse sourc At the beginning of the 21st century, God has become boring and irrelevant, states Keith Ward in this thought-provoking text. Ward presents an investigation of the history of ideas about God that is marked by radical views, erudition... Read More

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