02565nam 2200637 450 991078992760332120230801222339.00-8264-3207-71-280-57715-097866136068601-4411-4063-8(CKB)2670000000174106(EBL)894580(OCoLC)787843565(SSID)ssj0000655863(PQKBManifestationID)12328816(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000655863(PQKBWorkID)10631421(PQKB)10630942(MiAaPQ)EBC894580(Au-PeEL)EBL894580(CaPaEBR)ebr10554660(CaONFJC)MIL360686(EXLCZ)99267000000017410620150923d2012 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe face of God the Gifford lectures 2010 /Roger ScrutonLondon ;New York, New York :Continuum,2012.1 online resource (197 p.)Gifford lectures ;2010Description based upon print version of record.1-4729-1273-X 1-84706-524-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.List of Illustrations; Preface; 1; The View from Nowhere; 2; The View from Somewhere; 3; Where Am I?; 4; The Face of the Person; 5; The Face of the Earth; 6; The Face of God; Index of Names; Index of SubjectsLord Gifford's bequest was to sponsor lectures that would 'promote and diffuse the knowledge of God'. Scruton is not a member of any Church though he believes that man's relation to God is the most important relation he has. Today God is widely rejected as incompatible with modern science but what do we lose when we lose that belief? The atheist, argues Scruton with great originality, proceeds by systematic acts of aggression against the Face - not the human face only, but the face of the world. Contemporary atheism is the desire to escape from the eye of judgement. You escape from the eye of Gifford lectures ;2010.GodGodAttributesKnowledge, Theory ofGod.GodAttributes.Knowledge, Theory of.211Scruton Roger33124MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789927603321The face of God3824144UNINA