A More Charitable Atheism : Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God /: Essays on Life without—But Not Necessarily against—God. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• 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&mdash;and Love&mdash;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; 0761871659
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