Belonging Without Believing: religion, atheism and Islam today

Dilwar Hussain

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    Abstract

    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationReligion and Atheism
    Subtitle of host publication Beyond the Divide
    EditorsAnthony Carroll, Richard Norman
    PublisherRoutledge
    Chapter15
    Pages177-185
    ISBN (Electronic)9781315521497
    ISBN (Print)9781138891913, 9781138891890
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2016

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