A Plausible God : : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology / / Mitchell Silver.
At least since the seventeenth century, the traditional God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform to the scientific worldview. Across the monotheistic traditions there has emerged a “liberal” conception of God compatible with a thoroughgoing naturalism. For many, thi...
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Silver, Mitchell, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Plausible God : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology / Mitchell Silver. New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2009] ©2009 1 online resource (200 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1 -- 1. THE NEW GOD’S RELEVANCE -- 2. A FIRST PASSAT DEFINING ‘‘GOD’’: THE ALLAND THE ONE -- 3. A SECOND PASS: GOD AS THE POTENTIAL FOR GOODNESS -- 4. THE USES OF BELIEF IN GOD -- 5. THE USEFULNESS OF A PLAUSIBLE GOD -- 6. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME -- 7. TALKING TO AND ABOUT GOD -- PART 2 -- 8. AVOIDING IDOLATRY -- 9. A MATTER OF TASTE -- 10. TRUTH AND BEAUTY -- APPENDIX A. THE INEFFABLE -- APPENDIX B. THE UNTENABLE GOD -- APPENDIX C. THEORIES OF TRUTH AND CREDIBILITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star At least since the seventeenth century, the traditional God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under pressure to conform to the scientific worldview. Across the monotheistic traditions there has emerged a “liberal” conception of God compatible with a thoroughgoing naturalism. For many, this liberal “new” God is the only credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so malleable a deity come from, or lead to, different political, moral, psychological, or aesthetic phenomena from atheism?A Plausible God evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers —Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green—and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Silver poses the question: “If it is to be either the new God or no God, what does—what should—determine the choice?”Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new God theology, Silver explores developments in contemporary Christian thought, Eastern religious traditions, and “New Age” religion. A Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to current discussions of the relationship between science and religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning of the idea of God itself in modern life. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jan 2023) RELIGION / Judaism / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014 9783111189604 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110707298 print 9780823226818 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823238514?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780823238514 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780823238514/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1 -- 1. THE NEW GOD’S RELEVANCE -- 2. A FIRST PASSAT DEFINING ‘‘GOD’’: THE ALLAND THE ONE -- 3. A SECOND PASS: GOD AS THE POTENTIAL FOR GOODNESS -- 4. THE USES OF BELIEF IN GOD -- 5. THE USEFULNESS OF A PLAUSIBLE GOD -- 6. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME -- 7. TALKING TO AND ABOUT GOD -- PART 2 -- 8. AVOIDING IDOLATRY -- 9. A MATTER OF TASTE -- 10. TRUTH AND BEAUTY -- APPENDIX A. THE INEFFABLE -- APPENDIX B. THE UNTENABLE GOD -- APPENDIX C. THEORIES OF TRUTH AND CREDIBILITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- PART 1 -- 1. THE NEW GOD’S RELEVANCE -- 2. A FIRST PASSAT DEFINING ‘‘GOD’’: THE ALLAND THE ONE -- 3. A SECOND PASS: GOD AS THE POTENTIAL FOR GOODNESS -- 4. THE USES OF BELIEF IN GOD -- 5. THE USEFULNESS OF A PLAUSIBLE GOD -- 6. SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME -- 7. TALKING TO AND ABOUT GOD -- PART 2 -- 8. AVOIDING IDOLATRY -- 9. A MATTER OF TASTE -- 10. TRUTH AND BEAUTY -- APPENDIX A. THE INEFFABLE -- APPENDIX B. THE UNTENABLE GOD -- APPENDIX C. THEORIES OF TRUTH AND CREDIBILITY -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- Index |
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