Meaning and Mystery: What It Means to Believe in God

By David M. Holley

Book Overview

Meaning and Mystery offers a challenge to the way Philosophyhas traditionally approached the issue of belief in God as atheoretical problem, proposing instead a form of reflection moreappropriate to the practical nature of the issue. Makes use of abundant illustrative material, from bothliterature, such as Les Mis rables, Edwin Abott'sFlatland, Yann Martel's Life of Pi and LeoTolstoy's A Confession, and popular culture, such asadvertisements, the television series Joan of Arcadia andthe film Stranger Than FictionUses imaginative scenarios to offer explanations of centralconceptsIncorporates theories on human thought and behavior inexploring the formation of religious beliefWritten in a style that is accessible to readers with littlebackground knowledge of philosophy

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405193441
• ISBN13: 9781405193443
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.3"