Cambridge's Don Cupitt takes us through the evolution of religious belief from the dawn of the gods to their twilight. Drawing on examples ranging from Plato to Donald Duck, Cupitt eloquently steers us back to an understanding of the supernatural world that every child instinctively has. In an age of rootlessness and high technology that seems to make religious faith irrelevant, here is a strong, clear voice that redefines religion as less an ideology and more a set of techniques for enhancing our lives. Index.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* Introduction * Souls, Spirits, and Gods * Why Spirits? * The First Gods * The Coming of God * God and Greek Philosophy * Where Are the Gods? * Mysticism * The End of Dogmatic Metaphysics * History and Humanism * Culture and Language * The Time of the Angels * The Legacy of the Old Religions * Naturalism, Philosophy, and Religion * Globalization and the End of the Other * The End of Morality and the Return of Ethics * Innocent Religion? * The Poetical Theology * World Religion
