Belief [[electronic resource] ] : A Short History for Today

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452048403321
• Autore: Evans Geth
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : I.B.Tauris, 2006
• ISBN: 1-282-52705-3; 9786612527050; 0-85771-079-6; 600-00-0882-1; 1-4294-5402-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 200.1
• Soggetti: Faith; Religious thought -- History; Faith - History; Religious thought; Religion; Philosophy; Philosophy & Religion; Christianity; Speculative Philosophy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I. Believing; 1. What is reasonable?; Part II. Making and Breaking; 2. Godness; 3. God's in his heaven; all's right with the world?; 4. A high-risk strategy?; 5. Repair; Part III. Life's Ends and Purposes; 6. A nice place to be?; 7. Is there a future for 'me'?; 8. Heavenly community?; Conclusion; Notes; Dates of authors mentioned; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: What am I to believe?' is perhaps the fundamental question of human existence. It is unlikely that most people reach the end of their lives ; without wondering what it has all been for and what happens next. But the question of belief is more than just academic, since what people believe is now more critical than ever. As G R Evans shows, an ignorance of the history of beliefs can leave individuals susceptible to the influence of extreme ideas, and unsure how to put them into context and judge their validity. In all religions, not just Islam and Christianity, that is precisely how sects and cul