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God: a new biography

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: I.B. Tauris Publishers 2018 LondonDescription: xiv, 274 p. It includes bibliographical references and indexISBN:
  • 9781784537654
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 211  A5G6
Summary: In this elegant new book, the sequel to his earlier, much praised treatment of the Devil, Philip Almond reveals that - whether in Judaism, Christianity or Islam - God is seen to be at once utterly beyond our world yet at the same earnestly desiring to be at one with it. In the Christian chapter of this story the paradox arguably reaches its improbable zenith: in the fragile form of a human being the infinite became finite, the eternal temporal. The way these and other metaphysical tensions have been understood is, the author demonstrates, the key to unlocking the entire history of religion in the West. Expertly placing the narrative of divine presence within the wider history of ideas, Almond suggests that the notion of a deity has been the single greatest conundrum of medieval and modern civilization. In this rich, nuanced appraisal, 'God' is shown to be more complex and fascinating than ever before. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/god-9781784537654/
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Table of Contents

Cover
pp Intro-ii; 4 pages
Title
pp iii-iii; 1 page
Copyright
pp iv-iv; 1 page
Dedication
pp v-vi; 2 pages
Contents
pp vii-viii; 2 pages
List of Plates
pp ix-xii; 4 pages
Acknowledgements
pp xiii-xiv; 2 pages
Prologue
pp 1-4; 4 pages
1. The Transcendent God
pp 5-36; 32 pages
2. The God–Man
pp 37-64; 28 pages
3. The God Within
pp 65-98; 34 pages
4. The God of Reason and Revelation
pp 99-130; 32 pages
5. The God of Wrath, Mercy and Justice
pp 131-155; 25 pages
6. The Designer God
pp 156-188; 33 pages
7. The Known and Unknown God
pp 189-218; 30 pages
Epilogue: An Agnostic Spirituality
pp 219-222; 4 pages
Notes
pp 223-252; 30 pages
Bibliography
pp 253-266; 14 pages
Index
pp 267-290; 24 pages

In this elegant new book, the sequel to his earlier, much praised treatment of the Devil, Philip Almond reveals that - whether in Judaism, Christianity or Islam - God is seen to be at once utterly beyond our world yet at the same earnestly desiring to be at one with it. In the Christian chapter of this story the paradox arguably reaches its improbable zenith: in the fragile form of a human being the infinite became finite, the eternal temporal. The way these and other metaphysical tensions have been understood is, the author demonstrates, the key to unlocking the entire history of religion in the West. Expertly placing the narrative of divine presence within the wider history of ideas, Almond suggests that the notion of a deity has been the single greatest conundrum of medieval and modern civilization. In this rich, nuanced appraisal, 'God' is shown to be more complex and fascinating than ever before.

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/god-9781784537654/

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