A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology - Couverture souple

Silver, Mitchell

 
9780823226825: A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0823226824 ISBN 13 : 9780823226825
Editeur : Fordham University Press, 2006

Synopsis

At least since the seventeenth century, the traditional God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform to the scientific worldview. Across the monotheistic traditions there has emerged a "liberal" conception of God compatible with a thoroughgoing naturalism. For many, this liberal "new" God is the only credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so malleable a deity come from, or lead to, different political, moral, psychological, or aesthetic phenomena from atheism?

A Plausible God evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers --Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green--and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Silver poses the question: "If it is to be either the new God or no God, what does--what should--determine the choice?"

Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new God theology, Silver explores developments in contemporary Christian thought, Eastern religious traditions, and "New Age" religion. A Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to current discussions of the relationship between science and religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning of the idea of God itself in modern life.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mitchell Silver teaches philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He is the
author of Respecting the Wicked Child: A Philosophy of Secular Jewish Identity and Education.

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Éditeur
Fordham University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0823226824
ISBN 13 
9780823226825
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
200
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780823226818: A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology

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ISBN 10 :  0823226816 ISBN 13 :  9780823226818
Editeur : Fordham University Press, 2006
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