How To Be An Agnostic [electronic resource] /
Vernon, Mark.author.
The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. Mark Vernon who was a priest, and left an atheist explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question.
First published in paperback 2008 as After atheism : science, religion, and the meaning of life by Palgrave Macmillan.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-269) and index.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction: There's Something, not nothing -- Socrates' quest: The agnostic spirit -- Cosmic religion: how science does God -- How to be human: science and ethics -- Socrates or Buddha? On being spiritual but not religious -- Bad faith: Religion as certainty -- Christian agnosticism: learned ignorance -- Following Socrates: a way of life -- How to be an agnostic: an A-Z -- Further reading and references -- Index.
The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. Mark Vernon who was a priest, and left an atheist explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question.
Ethnicity.
Religion.
Ethnicity Studies.
Religious Studies, general.