This book, the author tells us, was conceived 'in a fit of
exasperation' at the way militant atheists so often seem to mirror
the worst kind of ignorance and hostility that traditional
believers have felt for other creeds. Writing both as a philosopher
and an Anglican Christian, Professor Clark begins by exploring
further this initial perception. In later chapters he adds more
detail to the analysis, considering such topics as the alleged
openness of 'scientists' compared with the 'dogmatism' of
'believers'; the difficulty of reading 'scripture' outside 'the
community of faith' that has selected and elaborated it; the
problems of moral realism (and the problem with abandoning it); why
Darwinian and neo-Darwinian Theory has been unpopular with some
believers, and what if anything can still be affirmed from it; what
can be learnt from modern biology (especially) about our relations
with other creatures; the nature of God; the metaphor of 'waking
up' as applied to our hopes of heaven; the varieties of possible
world orders founded on differing religious schemata (including
some atheistical ones); and, the place of religion in the State. He
concludes, appropriately, with some remarks about the End.
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