The World Suffices: Spiritualities without the Supernatural
This essay affirms some of the basic insights of the so-called New Atheists, while criticizing their narrow definition of religion as belief in God as a supernatural being. It then attempts to explore the liminal space between the atheists' scornful rejection of all things religious and the sti...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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2011
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Journal for the Study of Spirituality
Anno: 2011, Volume: 1, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 171-186 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Theology
B McFague B Spirituality B Atheism B Comte-Sponville |
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| Riepilogo: | This essay affirms some of the basic insights of the so-called New Atheists, while criticizing their narrow definition of religion as belief in God as a supernatural being. It then attempts to explore the liminal space between the atheists' scornful rejection of all things religious and the still-pervasive belief in God as a supernatural being by pointing to two authors, one an atheist and one a post-traditional theist, who advance novel spiritualities in accord with a twenty-first century scientific worldview. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-0251 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Journal for the Study of Spirituality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/jss.v1i2.171 |