God Is A Symbol Of Something True – Why you don`t have to choose either a literal creator God or a blind, indifferent universe
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About the Book

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.

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Others have tried and failed to do what Jack Call succeeds in doing in this book, namely, to suggest thought-provoking answers to the most important of life's questions, in a way accessible and appealing to those who describe themselves as nonreligious, as well as to those who consider themselves religious. (Janice Daurio, Ph.D., Distinguished Faculty Chair and Philosophy Professor, Moorpark College.) Although perfect for the general, Call's book is a scholarly work, and so is also for those readers interested in the traditional problems of philosophy of religion. No doubt, whether novice or expert, readers will enjoy this insightful and clearly written book! (Kurt Smith, Ph.D., Philosophy Professor, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania.)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781846942440
  • Publisher: Collective Ink
  • Publisher Imprint: O Books
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Weight: 198 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1846942446
  • Publisher Date: 27 Nov 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 10 mm
  • Width: 130 mm


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