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Bezig met laden... No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believersdoor Michael Novak
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Insightful. Possibly for seekers of truth or those merely trying to make heads or tails of secularism and relativity. Made me aware of other avenues to walk down. And that oft times the point is not self defence (or even tolerance) but self denial and understanding. ( ) This book really speaks to my heart. The dark night of the soul happens to everyone. It's a time and place to discover what is real from illusory, what's important and not; a place to strip away all things not useful to the spirit. Novak, a scholar, discusses the experience and reality of darkness in a rational manner, and differentiates between theism and atheism without rancor. Highly recommended! No One Sees God, Novak brilliantly recasts the tired debate pitting faith against reason. Both the atheist and the believer experience the same “dark night” in which God’s presence seems absent, he argues, and the conflict between faith and doubt stems not from objective differences, but from divergent attitudes toward the unknown. Drawing from his lifelong passion for philosophy and his personal struggles with belief, he shows that, far from being irrational, the spiritual perspective actually provides the most satisfying answers to the eternal questions of meaning. Faith is a challenge at times, but it nonetheless offers the only fully coherent response to the human experience. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Surveying the contemporary religious landscape, the division between atheist and believer seems stark. However, having long struggled to understand the purpose of life and the meaning of suffering, Michael Novak finds the reality of spiritual life far different from the rhetorical war presented by bestselling atheists and the defenders of the faith who oppose them. In No One Sees God, Novak brilliantly recasts the tired debate pitting faith against reason. Both the atheist and the believer experience the same dark night in which God's presence seems absent, he argues, and the conflict between faith and doubt stems not from objective differences, but from divergent attitudes toward the unknown. Drawing from his lifelong passion for philosophy and his personal struggles with belief, he shows that, far from being irrational, the spiritual perspective actually provides the most satisfying answers to the eternal questions of meaning. Faith is a challenge at times, but it nonetheless offers the only fully coherent response to the human experience. Ultimately, No One Sees God offers believers and unbelievers the opportunity to find common ground by acknowledging the complicated reality of the human struggle with doubt. Novak provides a stirring defense of the Christian worldview, while sidestepping the shrill tone that so often characterizes the discussion of faith, and given the challenges faced in the present age, all who value liberty will find hope in his new way of conversing. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)261.21Religions Christian church and church work Church and the world; Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Christianity and other systems of (non-)belief Christianity and AtheismLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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