After Disbelief

Author : Anthony T. Kronman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300265336
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Disbelief written by Anthony T. Kronman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time “In this deceptively quiet and self-effacing book, Anthony Kronman makes an audacious argument: the most important things in our lives make sense only if we believe the world is divine. In a sense, we already believe it, if only we could find the words. Here they are.”—Jedediah Britton-Purdy, author of After Nature: A Politics for the Anthropocene Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned by our nature to set goals we can neither abandon nor fulfill, yet paradoxically are able to approach more closely if we try. The human condition is one of inevitable disappointment tempered by moments of joy. Resolutely humanistic and theologically inspired, this moving book offers a rational path to the love of God amidst the disenchantments of our time.

Author : Anthony T. Kronman
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300259921
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After Disbelief written by Anthony T. Kronman and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate, philosophic quest for eternity, amidst the disenchantments and disappointments of our time "Anyone who, in our age of disbelief, longs to believe in God will find Mr. Kronman worth reading."--Andrew Stark, Wall Street Journal "Aims to persuade America's 'relentlessly rational' elites to acknowledge the existence of 'divinity.' . . . Kronman's ambition is to repair 'the schism between those for whom religion continues to matter and those who view it with amusement or contempt.'"--Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned by our nature to set goals we can neither abandon nor fulfill, yet paradoxically are able to approach more closely if we try. The human condition is one of inevitable disappointment tempered by moments of joy. Resolutely humanistic and theologically inspired, this moving book offers a rational path to the love of God amidst the disenchantments of our time.

Author : Juliet Rosenfeld
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781780723792
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The State of Disbelief written by Juliet Rosenfeld and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory book about death and mourning by a psychotherapist faced with sudden bereavement. When Juliet Rosenfeld's husband dies of lung cancer only seven months into their marriage, everything she has learnt about death as a psychotherapist is turned on its head. As she attempts to navigate her way through her own devastating experience of loss, Rosenfeld turns to her battered copy of Freud's seminal essay 'Mourning and Melancholia'. Inspired by the distinction Freud draws between the savage trauma of loss that occurs at the moment of death - grief - and the longer, unpredictable evolution of that loss into something that we call mourning, Rosenfeld finds herself dramatically rethinking the commonly held therapeutic idea of 'working through stages of grief.

Author : Candace R. M. Gorham
Publisher : Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN 13 : 1634312163
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Death, Dying, and Disbelief written by Candace R. M. Gorham and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone grieves in their own way and according to their own timeframe, the accepted wisdom tells us. But those in mourning rarely find comfort in knowing this. Further, those attempting to support someone in mourning can do little with this advice, leaving them with a sense of helplessness. As a mental health professional and someone who has dealt with her own share of personal grief, Candace R. M. Gorham understands well the quest for relief. The truth of the matter, she says, is there is no one way to grieve, but there are things that are important to pay attention to while mourning. While much of the advice she shares is universal, she pays particular attention to the struggle those who do not believe in a god or afterlife face with the loss of a loved one—and offers practical, life-affirming steps for them to remember and heal.

Author : Anthony J. Ferri
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739117781
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Willing Suspension of Disbelief written by Anthony J. Ferri and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Poetic Faith in Film is a study of the way we watch film. Anthony Ferri explores the way expectations influence what they see, feel, and experience. Using Coleridge's term "willing suspension of disbelief" as a starting point, Ferri sets forth a fascinating study of the psychology of watching film. While film scholars and professionals have alluded to Coleridge's term in a parenthetical or tertiary manner, this volume makes a definitive account for the concept and provides a contemporary analysis of the film viewing process from a variety of critical and empirical perspectives.Willing Suspension of Disbelief is valuable for film scholars and students of film.

Author : James A. Haugt
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1615920994
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 2000 Years of Disbelief written by James A. Haugt and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society rarely acknowledges the many and varied gifts that disbelievers give to the world. This insightful, witty collection sets the record straight by profiling dozens of famous people who were skeptical of conventional religious beliefs. Included, among others, are Isaac Asimov, W.E.B. DuBois, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Omar Khayyam, Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, John Stuart Mill, Ayn Rand, Gene Roddenberry, Margaret Sanger, George Bernard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Voltaire, with many quotes that reveal their rejection of the supernatural.

Author : Russell Blackford
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444357654
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 50 Voices of Disbelief written by Russell Blackford and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent voices in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics who offer carefully considered statements of why they are atheists. Features a truly international cast of contributors, ranging from public intellectuals such as Peter Singer, Susan Blackmore, and A.C. Grayling, novelists, such as Joe Haldeman, and heavyweight philosophers of religion, including Graham Oppy and Michael Tooley Contributions range from rigorous philosophical arguments to highly personal, even whimsical, accounts of how each of these notable thinkers have come to reject religion in their lives Likely to have broad appeal given the current public fascination with religious issues and the reception of such books as The God Delusion and The End of Faith

Author : S. C. Hitchcock
Publisher : See Sharp Press
ISBN 13 : 188436554X
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disbelief 101 written by S. C. Hitchcock and published by See Sharp Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filled with wit, humor, and clear metaphor, this exploration into atheism is written specifically for young adults, though any adult interested in learning more about atheism will find value within. Not just focused on atheism, this crash course in logical thinking addresses the issues of indoctrination, whether it be religious, political, or commercial, and makes the case that morality is created through reasoning and logic, not through divine communication. Many hot topics are touched upon, such as traditional arguments for God's existence, the relationship of evolution and religious belief, the incompatible nature of science and religion, and the harmfulness of both Christianity and Islam.

Author : Christopher Morse
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567027430
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Every Spirit written by Christopher Morse and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2009-02-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not Every Spirit explores the notion of Christian faith as disbelief and how the task of "testing the spirits" develops and comes to be understood within Christianity as a theological discipline called dogmatics. It also focuses on uncovering disbeliefs of the Christian faith concerning the Word of God, the being of God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, creation, salvation, humanity, the church, and the life to come. This book is a fresh and timely dogmatic text that will take its place as a standard work on Christian teachings.

Author : Silvia Moon
Publisher : MOON PUBLISHING MEDIA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Twin Flame Chaser Dilemma written by Silvia Moon and published by MOON PUBLISHING MEDIA. This book was released on 2024-03-08 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are drowning in your sorrows while chasing a twin flame, calm down. I have been where you are. Everything is going as planned. Whatever seems to be going wrong might inadvertently work in your best interest. You cannot know and understand everything going on in your twin flame journey. Your mind cannot fathom what is happening; you can only trust the process. It sounds crazy but true — your overreaction to the situation might overwhelm your twin flame with more anxiety and stress that one of you might end up blocking the other. To your surprise, it might be you who might block your twin flame first. So, calm down! Unfortunately, when they wrote to me, I messed up my chance to keep communicating with my twin flame. I was so overwhelmed and in disbelief that I automatically exploded my feelings to them in response to their text message. I made it a more uncomfortable situation. My twin flame blocked me after initiating contact with me. Our job as twin flames is to learn to uplift ourselves from the old to the new authentic versions without needing validation from each other. It means that Twin Flames must learn to share the connection without losing themselves in the connection. Therefore, instead of nervously waiting for them to return and fix you to be happier, trust how you feel the connection and let the situation be as you focus on redefining your life with the new Awakened Twin Flame Shared Energy to create a life of meaning and purpose in your way. “When it comes to twin flames, What you seek is seeking you.” “You are looking for what you already possess.” Are you stuck in your twin flame dilemma? Here is your first step to getting yourself out of it. I hope this helps. Stay Blessed!