God - The Oldest Question: A Fresh Look at Belief and Unbelief - And Why the Choice Matters - Softcover

O'Malley, William S. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0829415157 ISBN 13: 9780829415155

Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Is the existence of God a reasonable premise? In this book, William O'Malley, SJ, examines this critical question and many other related questions with a rare combination of rigorous gravity and irreverent humor. A Jesuit priest and prolific writer, O'Malley delves into the existence of God by looking at modern science, classical philosophy, literature and art, and the religious traditions of East and West. God: the Oldest Question provides thoughtful answers for anyone looking to better understand their faith and what it all means.

About this title

About the Author

William J. O'Malley, SJ, is a professor at Fordham University and the author of many books, including The Fifth Week, Why Be Catholic?, and More Daily Prayers for Busy People.

From the Back Cover

Does God exist? Is belief reasonable? Do the answers to these questions make any practical difference in the way we live? These questions-asked by religious seekers for countless millennia-can be answered in the affirmative, says William O'Malley, Jesuit priest and prolific writer. In God: The Oldest Question, O'Malley shows readers why with a careful argument that comvines irreverent wit, high intellectual seriousness, and personal confession.

O'Malley ranges widely through modern science, classical philosophy, literature and art, and the religious traditions of East and West. Yet he also probes his own heart. In part, God: The Oldest Question is an account of O'Malley's own intellectual and spiritual journey, which included a shattering crisis of faith only a yer before he was to be ordained a priest-a crisis that a careful study of the arguments of atheist thinkers helped him later resolve. This painfully honest and intellectually inspiring book enlists both the mind and the heart in an ultimately staisfying quest for God.

"This book belongs in the hands of anyone interested in a serious search for ultimate meaning." - William J. Byron, S.J., author of Jesuit Saturdays: Sharing the Ignatian Spirit with Lay Colleagues and Friends

"Fr. Bill O'Malley is one of today's most insightful, honest, and articulate writers on things spiritual and religious. This is, unquestionably, the book fo read on the most basic question of faith if what you want is a book that respects your (individual) spiritual quest.... This book is both informative and fun to read." - Mitch Finley, author of The Seeker's Guide to Being Catholic

Edition details

• Publisher: Loyola University Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0829415157
• ISBN 13: 9780829415155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208