God Is A Symbol of Something True: Why You Don't Have to Choose Either a Literal Creator or A Blind, Indifferent Universe

Call, Jack

ISBN 10: 1846942446 / ISBN 13: 9781846942440

Published by Circle Books, 2009

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Synopsis:

Much blood has been spilled and is still being spilled over the question, 'Is there such a thing as a true religion?' To answer 'No', is to give up on religion. To answer 'Yes' seems dangerous and naive. Yet there is a way of understanding religion that avoids the danger and is both emotionally and intellectually satisfying. It involves thinking through, non-dogmatically, the following controversial claims: there is no conception of God as a literal creator of the physical universe that makes sense. The Biblical account of God's personality and His interactions with human beings is a symbol of the personal significance, for each of us, of the ways in which we are helpless and yet safe. Salvation is the realization that everything is fundamentally all right. Faith is living up to the experience of salvation, and sin is failing to live up to it.

About the Author: Jack Call teaches philosophy at Citrus College in southern California. He has published essays on the relations between philosophy, religion and social science in The National Social Science Journal and has been recognized in Who's Who Among America's Teachers. He has a PhD in Philosophy from Claremont Graduate University.

Bibliographic Details

Title: God Is A Symbol of Something True: Why You ...
Publisher: Circle Books
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good