Author

Publication

2011 - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England

Language

English

Word Count

69,250 words, Guess

Page Count

277 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780230293212
  • ISBN-100230293212
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011005254
  • OCLC Control Number687698346
  • Better World Books9780230293212
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Classifications

  • DDC211/.7
  • LCCBL2747.2 .V47 2011
  • LCCH1-970.9

Description

"The authentic spiritual quest is marked not by certainties but by questions and doubt. How To Be An Agnostic explores the wonder of science, the ups and downs of being 'spiritual but not religious', the insights of ancient philosophy, and God the biggest question. Mark Vernon was an Anglican priest, left a conviction atheist, and now finds himself to be a committed, searching agnostic. Part personal story, part spiritual search, this journey through physics and philosophy concludes that the contemporary lust for certainty is demeaning of our humanity. We live in a time of spiritual crisis, but the key to wisdom – as Socrates, the great theologians and the best scientists know – is embracing the limits of our knowledge. This much expanded edition was previously published as After Atheism, and includes new chapters looking at mindfulness meditation, pic'n'mix religion, quantum spirituality, the probability of God and why Stephen Hawking is wrong about nothing."--Publisher description.

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