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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822226203321

Autore

Eco Umberto

Titolo

Belief or nonbelief : a confrontation / / Umberto Eco, Cardinal Carlo, Maria Martini ; translated from the Italian by Minna Procter ; introduction by Harvey Cox

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Continuum, , [2001]

©2001

ISBN

0-8264-6681-8

1-283-20519-X

9786613205193

1-4411-2623-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (107 p.)

Disciplina

195

Soggetti

Social values

Philosophy and religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Secular Obsession with the Mew Apocalypse; Hope Puts an End to ""The End""; When Does Human Life Begin?; Human Life Is Part of God's Life; Men and Women - According to the Church; The Church Does Not Fulfill Expectations, It Celebrates Mysteries; Where Does the Layman Find Illumination?; Ethics Are Born in the Presence of the Other

Sommario/riassunto

In this stimulating dialogue these two great men, who stand on opposite sides of the church door, discuss some of the most controversial issues of the day. One is a respected scholar and one of the pre-eminent ecumenical churchmen of Europe; the other the world famous author of The Name of the Rose , a scholar, philosopher and self-decalred secularist, a man who writes with equal ease about Thomas Aquinas and James Joyce, computers and the medieval Templars.   Often adversarial but always amicable, their debate will fascinate many.