A Plausible God : : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology /

A Plausible God : : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology / / Mitchell Silver.

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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,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (200 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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