A More Charitable Atheism : Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God /: Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God. (2019)
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- Title:
- A More Charitable Atheism : Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God /: Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God. (2019)
- Main Title:
- A More Charitable Atheism : Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God
- Further Information:
- Note: James A. Metzger.
- Authors:
- Metzger, James A
- Contents:
- <p style="tab-stops:left 27pt;">Preface ; ; <p style="tab-stops:left 27pt;">Acknowledgments ; ; <p style="tab-stops:left 27pt;">; ; <p style="tab-stops:left 27pt;">Section I: How I Arrived Here: Illness, The Death of God, and A Turn Toward Secular Humanism ; ; <p style="tab-stops:left 27pt;">; ; Chapter 1: Believing in Belief ; ; Chapter 2: Illness and Deicide ; ; Chapter 3: Is It Wrong to Accept the Gift of Salvation? ; ; ; Section II: Epistemic Limitations and Respect for Persons ; ; ; Chapter 4: What Atheists Want ; ; Chapter 5: Three Reasons Why Atheists Should Be More Charitable ; ; Chapter 6: Have the New Atheists Been Good for Atheism? ; ; Chapter 7: Can Liberal Christians Save the Church? A Humanist Approach to Progressive Christian Theologies ; ; ; Section III: A Humanist Approach to Reading the Bible ; ; ; Chapter 8: Why We Must Treat the Bible No Differently Than Any Other Book ; ; Chapter 9: Spending Christmas with Linus ; ; Chapter 10: Taking Paul Seriously ; ; Chapter 11: Can Early Christian Faith Remain a Rational Option Today? ; ; Chapter 12: Why Atheists Should Read—and Love—the Book of Job ; ; ; Section IV: Advantages and Consequences of Ethical Reasoning without God ; ; ; Chapter 13: Ethics is Just Safer without God ; ; Chapter 14: Humanism, Illness, and Elective Death: A Case Study in Utilitarian Ethics ; ; ; Bibliography ; ; Index ; ; About the Author
- Publisher Details:
- Lanham : Hamilton Books
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (268 pages)
- Subjects:
- Religion: Christian Theology / Ethics
- Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780761871651
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