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A Plausible God - Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (Hardcover, New)
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A Plausible God - Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology (Hardcover, New)
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At least since the seventeenth century, the traditional God of
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform
to the scientific worldview. Across the monotheistic traditions
there has emerged a liberal conception of God compatible with a
thoroughgoing naturalism. For many, this liberal new God is the
only credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so
malleable a deity come from, or lead to, different political,
moral, psychological, or aesthetic phenomena from atheism?A
Plausible God evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of
three recent Jewish thinkers Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and
Arthur Greenand compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any
gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice
between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism
without gods. Silver poses the question: If it is to be either the
new God or no God, what doeswhat shoulddetermine the choice?
Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new
God theology, Silver explores developments in contemporary
Christian thought, Eastern religious traditions, and New Age
religion. A Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to
current discussions of the relationship between science and
religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning of the
idea of God itself in modern life.A wonderful piece of work. . . .
Many wonderful passages, with very clear and original thoughts,
excellently put.Daniel C. Dennett, author of Breaking the Spell:
Religion as a Natural Phenomenon
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