The face of God : the Gifford lectures 2010 / / Roger Scruton

• Autore: Scruton Roger
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, New York : , : Continuum, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Disciplina: 211
• Soggetto topico: God; God - Attributes; Knowledge, Theory of
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: Lord 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The face of God
• ISBN: 0-8264-3207-7; 1-280-57715-0; 9786613606860; 1-4411-4063-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826154603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gifford lectures ; ; 2010.