tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post2286540509180703506..comments2023-12-08T04:43:40.135-06:00Comments on The Fire and the Rose: Between atheism and fundamentalism: Mark Lilla’s Enlightened political theologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-59508523891717156232008-08-04T16:28:00.000-05:002008-08-04T16:28:00.000-05:00I would highly suggest for you, and any one else i...I would highly suggest for you, and any one else interested to read the book "<A HREF="http://jaajoe.com/Books/Book-Review-The-Devil-s-Delusion-Atheism-And-Its-Scientific-Pretensions.html" REL="nofollow">"The Devil's Delusion: Atheism and its Scientific Pretensions."</A> by self-professed secular Jew and mathematics/philosophies teacher David Berlinski.<BR/>This tells the story of a Jew who was forced to dig his own grave prior to being shot by a German soldier. Prior to being shot, the old Jewish man advised the German that “God is watching what you are doing.” The Jewish gentleman pointed what i think is the real problem with atheism. "<A HREF="http://jaajoe.com/Books/Book-Review-The-Devil-s-Delusion-Atheism-And-Its-Scientific-Pretensions.html" REL="nofollow">If you have the time please check the book out</A>Moses Gunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11958104929356191401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-46755697237117617152008-07-29T12:17:00.000-05:002008-07-29T12:17:00.000-05:00Wow, I thought I had heard good reviews of this bo...Wow, I thought I had heard good reviews of this book. Thanks for raising some of the major problems.<BR/><BR/>You mentioned Cavanaugh, yes, he is just finishing a book on religion and violence. I've been doing some editing of it and preparing the manuscript for OUP. I'd guess it will be out early next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-23391603289874798082008-07-29T10:24:00.000-05:002008-07-29T10:24:00.000-05:00Thanks for writing your blog. I always enjoy it.Thanks for writing your blog. I always enjoy it.John Robersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12250225216058559780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11393723.post-26852575910462332352008-07-28T17:44:00.000-05:002008-07-28T17:44:00.000-05:00The Immanent Frame was discussing this book extens...The Immanent Frame was discussing this book extensively some time ago. Here's a link to <A HREF="http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/category/the-stillborn-god/" REL="nofollow">all posts on The Stillborn God</A>. I recall that James K.A. Smith and Charles Taylor made some particularly insightful criticisms. Lilla himself has several responses too.<BR/><BR/>That aside, you make some good remarks about the dubious "we" with which Lilla assumes that, more or less, sensible Westerners believe the secularization thesis about the disappearing of religion. I wonder what he'd say to Charles Taylor's thorough debunking of that myth? <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/2008/01/24/two-books-oddly-yoked-together/" REL="nofollow">Taylor's own review of Lilla</A> says that Lilla's "broader narrative is hard to grasp, and seems to verge at times on the fantastic." Which, translated into the vernacular means "what the hell is Lilla smoking?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com