The persistence of religion
Subtitle: comparative perspectives on modern spirituality
By: Harvey Cox and Daisaku Ikeda
Contributors: Ikeda, Daisaku
Publisher: I.B. Tauris; Distributed in the U.S. and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9781848851948; 9781848851955
Subjects: Religion and civil society; Religion and ethics; Religion and justice; Peace; Religious aspects; Spirituality
Description: In the nineteenth century, Nietzsche famously announced that God was dead. In the twentieth century, an increasing reliance on science and technology led to a widespread rejection of belief on the grounds of its irrationality. Yet for all the skepticism directed towards it, religion has not died. In fact, the opposite has occurred: it has persisted and proliferated. In this wide-ranging dialogue, two leading commentators on religion address - from their different but complementary traditions of Christianity and Buddhism - the continuing appeal of spirituality to people eager to explore fundamental questions of meaning and identity. The authors indicate that science, for all the benefits it has conferred, has limits of explanation. It may be able to show how, but not necessarily why. --BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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