Thursday, April 19, 2007
Recently I have discovered the joys of reading Richard Holloway. His book Doubts and Loves was a fascinating and intellectually satisfying look at the needs of contemporary faith in what is undeniably a post-modern society.
Using Nietzsche and Paul Tillich primarily as a basis for what he had to say, Richard Holloway gives a liberal (ie, non-literalistic) critique of modern Christianity which allows the mind as much of a say as the heart.
Not that I am claiming to be in anyway intellectual of gifted in that field, but what Doubts and Loves does is to take the 'flat earth' mentality out of religion and brings it up to speed as far as our scientific knowledge allows it.
I look forward to reading some more of his books.
Simon
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# posted by Simon Henning @ 5:53 AM 
