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1 online resource (200) |
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- PART 1 -- 1. The New Gods Relevance -- 2. A First Pass at Defining 8216;8216;God: The All and the One -- 3. A Second Pass: God as the Potential for Goodness -- 4. The Uses of Belief in God -- 5. The Usefulness of a Plausible God -- 6. Someone to Watch Over Me -- 7. Talking to and About God -- PART 2 -- 8. Avoiding Idolatry -- 9. A Matter of Taste -- 10. Truth and Beauty -- Appendix A: The Ineffable -- Appendix B: The Untenable God -- Appendix C: Theories of Truth and Credibility -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z |
| Summary |
A Plausible God evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers --Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green--and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Silver poses the question: "If it is to be either the new God or no God, what does--what should--determine the choice?" Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new God theology, Silver explores developments in contemporary Christian thought, Eastern religious traditions, and "New Age" religion. A Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to current discussions of the relationship between science and religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning of the idea of God itself in modern life |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Green, Arthur, 1941- -- Teachings
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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983 -- Teachings
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Lerner, Michael, 1943- -- Teachings
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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983 -- Teachings
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Green, Arthur, 1941- -- Teachings
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Lerner, Michael, 1943- -- Teachings
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Green, Arthur, 1941- fast (OCoLC)fst01436963 |
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Kaplan, Mordecai Menahem, 1881-1983. fast (OCoLC)fst01435004 |
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Lerner, Michael, 1943- fast (OCoLC)fst00180647 |
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God (Judaism)
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Judaism -- Doctrines.
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Liberalism (Religion)
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God (Judaism)
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Judaism -- Doctrines.
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Liberalism (Religion)
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Teachings.
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Electronic book
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