Culture and the Death of God, by Terry Eagleton
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How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties, and significance of the modern search for a replacement for God. Engaging with a phenomenally wide range of ideas, issues, and thinkers from the Enlightenment to today, Eagleton discusses the state of religion before and after 9/11, the ironies surrounding Western capitalism’s part in spawning not only secularism but also fundamentalism, and the unsatisfactory surrogates for the Almighty invented in the post-Enlightenment era. The author reflects on the unique capacities of religion, the possibilities of culture and art as modern paths to salvation, the so-called war on terror’s impact on atheism, and a host of other topics of concern to those who envision a future in which just and compassionate communities thrive. Lucid, stylish, and entertaining in his usual manner, Eagleton presents a brilliant survey of modern thought that also serves as a timely, urgently needed intervention into our perilous political present.
Culture and the Death of God, by Terry Eagleton- Amazon Sales Rank: #386958 in Books
- Published on: 2015-06-16
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.20" h x .70" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 248 pages
Review "A tour-de-force survey of the changing relation of culture and religion."—Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly)
About the Author Terry Eagleton is Distinguished Professor of Literature, University of Lancaster, and Excellence in English Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame. He lives in Northern Ireland, UK.
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful. Atheism is by no means as easy as it looks By Ed Morgan As an avid reader of religion and philosophy, I was intrigued by Terry Eagleton's decision to enter the "God Debate". As someone who wrote 'Why Marx Was Right', his defense of religion is a bit unexpected, but also great evidence of his point that "the Almighty has proved remarkably difficult to dispose of."'Culture and the Death of God' is a dense academic text that reviews the last three centuries in which one intellectual movement after another has denied the existence of God only to pursue the divine elsewhere. The irony fuels Eagleton in this cunning exploration of Western religious culture, which I enjoyed quite a lot, although it was quite a challenge. From science to art, Eagleton seems pessimistic that we will find a satisfying alternative to God and remains sympathetic to religion as a basically decent expression of core human dilemmas and values, corrupted as institutions may be.There are many Westerners questioning the merits of secular society right now and the revival in the philosophy of religion has brought a lot of groundbreaking work! Readers of this book would also like the collection of essays found in Reasoned Faith: Essays in Philosophical Theology in Honor of Norman Kretzmann.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Compelling By Vincent Hevern Harrowing ride through the last two centuries of Western thought as Eagleton unpacks the multiple levels of unbelief in religion and skewers so many from the Enlightenment onward with their own bad faith in finding substitutes for God without acknowledging what they were really doing. The uncompromising atheism of Nietzsche stands in contrast to so many others who saw in culture a substitute for religion. Eagleton may not himself be a beliver, but he "gets" the raw and paradoxical call of Christianity which is so unlike the religion rejected in the West. His analysis of the emptiness and pretensions of both postmodernism and contemporary capitalism are withering. A fascinating book.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Excellent read :) By Bruce Banner This is a most wonderful analysis of the Enlightenment and its consequences and successors. Curiously, Eagleton seems to have omitted feminism and womankind from his list of candidates to fill the god-shaped hole left by the Enlightenment.
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