{"product_id":"eighteen-takes-on-god-a-short-guide-for-those-who-are-still-perplexed-9780190066109","title":"Eighteen Takes on God: A Short Guide for Those Who Are Still Perplexed","description":"Who is God? How should we think about the concept of God? How have religions shaped and altered various conceptions of God over time? Many use language about God which, if taken at face value, implies that he inhabits a human body (usually male) and walks and talks as we do. Yet to other\u003cbr\u003etraditions God is a genderless and spiritual form unconstrained by space or time. And while some people are firm in their faith in God, however conceived, many others are uncertain what they think--what they believe, what they think they know, and how much they think one can know rather than\u003cbr\u003ebelieve. Even among believers, there are many conceptions of God from different points in time and parts of the world--even within faiths. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers who are puzzled by religion, it helps to have an entry point into this confusing range of possibilities. In this short and friendly guide, Leslie Stevenson walks the reader through eighteen conceptions of God, tracing how women and men have perceived him (or her) since the time of\u003cbr\u003eAbraham. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Stevenson acknowledges, there can be no such thing as a completely detached and neutral approach to this subject. Everyone has their own upbringing, life experiences, prejudices, and commitments to (or rejections of) the religious traditions they have encountered. Moreover, there are\u003cbr\u003eanciently-entrenched differences in different strands of Hinduism and Buddhism, as there are between and within Jewish, Christian, and Islamic monotheistic conceptions of God. By ranging over the thought of philosophers of religion like Feuerbach, Kant, Wittgenstein, Iris Murdoch, Simone Weil, \u003cbr\u003eRudolf Otto, Martin Buber, and Abbe Louf, and practice of the Quakers, Stevenson unpacks difficult questions, including whether religious language refers to anything beyond human life, and whether God is a person (or an existing being of any sort), whether he changes over time, or can be spoken of\u003cbr\u003eat all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from his deep familiarity with religion and philosophy acquired over decades of scholarly work, Stevenson presents a richly informed and yet clear and accessible guide. Readers will come away with a profounder and more compassionate understanding of some of the varieties of experiencing or\u003cbr\u003eunderstanding the divine, a more critical grasp of their meaning, and an appreciation of how such views inspire people the world over.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190066109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeslie Stevenson\u003c\/strong\u003e is Honorary Reader in Philosophy and Honorary Quaker Chaplain at St. Andrews University in Scotland, where he taught from 1968 to 2000. He is co-author of \u003cem\u003eThirteen Theories of Human Nature \u003c\/em\u003e(Oxford University Press, 2017). and author of \u003cem\u003eInspirations from Kant \u003c\/em\u003e(Oxford University\u003cbr\u003ePress, 2011), \u003cem\u003eOpen to New Light: An Introduction to Quaker Spirituality in Historical and Philosophical Context \u003c\/em\u003e(Imprint Academic, 2012), \u003cem\u003eThe Many Faces of Science\u003c\/em\u003e (Westview Press, 2000), and \u003cem\u003eThe Study of Human Nature \u003c\/em\u003e(Oxford University Press, 1999).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39927184326771,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_0fc54ed0-0f82-4727-b2a2-9c85714ec59b.jpg?v=1647523653","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/eighteen-takes-on-god-a-short-guide-for-those-who-are-still-perplexed-9780190066109","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}