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Christian Atheist
Brian Mountford
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Description for Christian Atheist
Paperback. Christian Atheists dont' believe in God but miss him: especially the transcendent beauty of his music, language, ethics, and community. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAB; HRCM; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 166.
The key to the book is a set of interviews with people who fall broadly into the Christian Atheist category; some are more agnostic and less sceptical than others, but what they have in common is the rejection of traditional belief in God, counterbalanced by an admiration for the aesthetic genius of Christianity (leading to a sense of deeper value), the Christian moral compass, and in some cases the community aspect of Christian life. As one of his interviewees points out, you can?t have Christian atheism without mainstream, traditional Christianity, so Brian Mountford sets their comments within a broader ... Read more
The key to the book is a set of interviews with people who fall broadly into the Christian Atheist category; some are more agnostic and less sceptical than others, but what they have in common is the rejection of traditional belief in God, counterbalanced by an admiration for the aesthetic genius of Christianity (leading to a sense of deeper value), the Christian moral compass, and in some cases the community aspect of Christian life. As one of his interviewees points out, you can?t have Christian atheism without mainstream, traditional Christianity, so Brian Mountford sets their comments within a broader ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846944390
SKU
V9781846944390
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99-1
About Brian Mountford
Interested in the clash between religious faith and doubt, Brian Mountford has worked in Oxford for 25 years as Vicar of the University Church and Fellow of St Hilda's College.
Reviews for Christian Atheist
In this fascinating and thoughtful book, Brian Mountford explores the borderland where Christians and atheists gaze at each other with expressions ranging from the hostile and scornful to the friendly and sympathetic. In some ways it is the most interesting place in contemporary religion. Mountford has an extensive knowledge of this borderland, and in the interviews and reflections in this ... Read more