Postscript on Credibility
The article considers some of the factors relevant to the question of the credibility of Christian faith. It argues that atheism is a product of a certain kind of Western Christianity: when you exceed the boundaries of what can be said about God and create “religion”, at the same time you create the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2013
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New blackfriars
Year: 2013, Volume: 94, Issue: 1050, Pages: 236-251 |
| Further subjects: | B
“death of God”
B fictive religion B Atheism B Nietzsche B Unbelief |
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| Summary: | The article considers some of the factors relevant to the question of the credibility of Christian faith. It argues that atheism is a product of a certain kind of Western Christianity: when you exceed the boundaries of what can be said about God and create “religion”, at the same time you create the conditions for disbelief in that religion. Nietzsche is a point of reference for various aspects of the question which centres on the status of “God” in relation to religious narratives that have lost power. How might Christians conduct themselves in the “Courtyard of the Gentiles” that Pope Benedict proposes? |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2005 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New blackfriars
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/nbfr.12010 |