At the Origins of Modern Atheism by Michael J. Buckley (English) Paperback Book

Description: At the Origins of Modern Atheism by Michael J. Buckley Michael J. Buckley traces the argument that informed the rise of modern atheism, finding that this unprecedented denial of God developed out of the very strategies employed to counter it. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The rise of atheism in the modern world is a religious phenomenon unprecedented in history, both in the number of its adherents and in the security of its cultural establishment. How did so revolutionary a conviction as this arise? What can theological reflection learn from this massive shift in religious consciousness? In this book, Michael J. Buckley investigates the origins and development of modern atheism and argues convincingly that its impetus lies paradoxically in the very attempts to counter it. Although modern atheism finds its initial exponents in Denis Diderot and Paul dHolbach in the eighteenth century, their works bring to completion a dialectical process that reaches back to the theologians and philosophers of an earlier period. During the seventeenth century, theologians such as Leonard Lessius and Marin Mersenne determined that in order to defend the existence of god, religious apologetics must become philosophy, surrendering as its primary warrant any intrinsically religious experience or evidence. The most influential philosophers of the period, René Descartes and Isaac Newton, and the theologians who followed them accepted this settlement, and the new sciences were enlisted to provide the foundation for religion. Almost no one suspected the profound contradictions that this process entailed and that would eventually resolve themselves through the negation of god. In transferring to other areas of human experience and inquiry its fundamental responsibility to deal with the existence of god, religion dialectically generated its own denial. The origins and extraordinary power of modern atheism lie with this progressive self-alienation of religion itself. Author Biography Buckley was director of an ccumenical and pastoral center at Wetherby, the first of its kind in Europe, from 1966 and 1977. Pope Paul VI appointed him to the VIatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, a position he held for five years, and he has continued this work through the Maranatha Community for reconciliation in Northern Ireland. He was founder of El Shaddai Inner Healing Movement in 1982. He has been Parish Priest of St. Josephs Church, Taddcaster, Yorkshire, but is now working full-time in the healing ministry. Details ISBN0300048971 Short Title AT THE ORIGINS OF MODERN ATHEI Publisher Yale University Press Language English ISBN-10 0300048971 ISBN-13 9780300048971 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1990 Imprint Yale University Press Country of Publication United States Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 253 Edition Description Revised Place of Publication New Haven DOI 10.1604/9780300048971 AU Release Date 1990-08-29 NZ Release Date 1990-08-29 US Release Date 1990-08-29 UK Release Date 1990-08-29 Author Michael J. Buckley Publication Date 1990-08-29 DEWEY 211.801 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:6996645;

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