Religion and Atheism

Beyond the Divide
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-89191-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

Arguments between those who hold religious beliefs and those who do not have been at fever pitch. They have also reached an impasse, with equally entrenched views held by believer and atheist - and even agnostic - alike. This collection is one of the first books to move beyond this deadlock. Specially commissioned chapters address major areas that cut across the debate between the two sides: the origin of knowledge, objectivity and meaning; moral values and the nature of the human person and the good life; and the challenge of how to promote honest and fruitful dialogue in the light of the wide diversity of beliefs, religious and otherwise. Under these broad headings leading figures in the field examine and reflect upon:

- Secular and religious humanism

- The idea of the sacred

- The vexed issue of science in both religious and secular accounts of knowledge

- Spirituality for the godless

- Non-western perspectives on the atheism/theism debate.

A key feature of the collection is a dialogue between Raymond Tallis and Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury. Religion and Atheism: Beyond the Divide will interest anyone who is concerned about the clash between the religious and the secular and how to move beyond it, as well as students of ethics, philosophy of religion and religious studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carroll, Anthony

Norman, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Brian Pearce

Part 1: A Dialogue

1. Science, stories, and the self Raymond Tallis and Rowan Williams

Part 2: Knowledge and language

2. Signifying nothing: how the religious and non-religious can speak the same language Nick Spencer

3. The myth of mythos Julian Baggini

4. Why do religious believers and non-believers see one another as irrational? Stephen Law

5. Atheism and history Jonathan Rée

6. Atheism and naturalism Fiona Ellis

7. The compatibility of science and religion? Fern Elsdon-Baker

Part 3: Ethics and values

8. Beyond theism and atheism: the search for truth Anthony Carroll

9. Ethics and values: how much common ground? Richard Norman

10. Faith, ethics and values Robin Gill

11. The spiritual and the sacred: prospects for convergence between religious and non-religious outlooks John Cottingham

12. Matters of life and death Anna Strham

13. Our proud and angry dust: secular and religious continuities Michael McGhee

Part 4: Diversity and dialogue

14. Polar opposites? Diversity and dialogue among the Religious and Nonreligious Lois Lee

15. Belonging without believing: religion, atheism and Islam today Dilwar Hussain

16. The ocean of being and the web of becomings: the pilgrim’s progress on Indic horizons Ankur Barua

17. Religiosity and secularity in Europe Simon Glendinning

18. Engagement between religious and non-religious in a plural society Andrew Copson

19. Siblings under the skin: Charles Taylor on religious believers and non-believers in A Secular Age Ruth Abbey

20. Filling the space between: what can we learn from Plato? Angie Hobbs

Part 5: Conclusion

21. Continuing the dialogue Anthony Carroll and Richard Norman.

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Carroll is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Theology at Heythrop College, University of London, UK. His publications include Protestant Modernity: Weber, Secularization, and Protestantism (2007), and he is an Anglican priest.

Richard Norman is Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include On Humanism (2nd edition 2012), and he is a founder-member of the Humanist Philosophers’ Group, and a Patron of the British Humanist Association.