Gabriel Vahanian: The Death of God

Cover: 9781606089842 | The Death of God | Gabriel Vahanian | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2009

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Beschreibung

""The death of God"" began, according to Vahanian, the moment Western man started to compromise with the Biblical concept of God transcendent, and to merge the identity of the Godhead with the identity of humankind. From this compromise evolved the belief in the possibility of heaven on earth, in human perfectibility, in the expectation that man, both individually and collectively, can control his termporal fate.
Today, as a consequence, Western society not only exalts all possible material comforts, but requires as well easy, guaranteed, status-assuring religious affiliations. The present search for ""inner security"" is in direct opposition to the toleration of doubt that tests the strength of genuine religious faith. And Vahanian shows how our spiritual decline is reflected in much of the most important imaginative writing of today.

Über den Autor

Gabriel Vahanian, Professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg, was educated in Paris and Princeton. In 1958 he founded and directed the graduate program in religion at Syracuse University. He was a founding member of the first board of directors of the American Academy of religion. In 1981-82 he served on the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research. His latest book is Praise of the Secular.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Religion:	Christentum
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781606089842
ISBN-10:	1606089846
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Vahanian, Gabriel
Hersteller:	Wipf and Stock
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Gabriel Vahanian
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.09.2009
Gewicht:	0,363 kg