In this book:
''Mark Vernon writes with sharp insight and a generous understanding of how humans search and create meanings to sustain their lives'' - Madeleine Bunting, Guardian.
Why doesn''t God go away? God: All That Matters, by philosopher Mark Vernon,suggests that there is something odd about the way God is discussed today. It is often as if the divine were being examined in a test tube, in a search for empirical and objective confirmation of his/her existence. Yet, for people of faith, the experience of God is nothing if not subjectively real; they know God, in-so-far as they do, in their lives.
Vernon therefore looks to move the argument on from the debates between atheist and religious fundamentalists, to look at how people through time have looked for, experienced, and explained God - in suffering, in nature, in morality, in peak experiences, in goodness, in the future and in love.
This accessible and concise book will appeal to both students and general readers, giving a fascinating introduction to a wide range of perspectives on God.
The All That Matters series:
All That Matters books:
All books in the All That Matters series are written by world experts in their subject field. These experts work to distil a topic and get right to its heart, making the book accessible for both students and general readers. Each compelling book contains new and interesting perspectives and tells stories that matter.
The Author:
Mark Vernon has an unparalleled ability to convey profound philosophical ideas in a manner that is both accessible and personal but also rigorous and challenging."- Raymond Tallis
Mark Vernon is a journalist, broadcaster, teacher and author of several books. He is an honorary research fellow at Birkbeck, University of London and has degrees in physics, and theology and a PhD in philosophy. He was a priest in the Church of England, left a convinced atheist, though now takes religious and spiritual
practice very seriously - a journey he has written about in his book How to be an Agnostic.
Keep up with Mark Vernon on his website: www.markvernon.com.
Other books in the All That Matters series:
All That Matters - Interesting introductions to important issues
Books on the following subjects are available from the All That Matters series: Muhammad, Water, Political Philosophy, Sustainability, Philosophy, Intelligence, Love, Russian Revolution, War, and Creativity.To find out more visit: www.allthatmattersbooks.com
Industry Reviews
One of the most thoughtful, accessible and lucid popular philosophers writing today. - Julian Baggini, Editor of The Philosopher's Magazine
He defends ambiguity and undecidability with an almost Evangelical zeal. And because he writes with such a delicate blend of deft coolness on the one hand, and fervour on the other, many are likely to be both enchanted and persuaded by his apologetics. - Church Times on After Atheist
Mark Vernon has an unparallelled ability to convey profound philosophical ideas in a manner that is both accessible and personal but also rigorous and challenging. Behind the friendly, humorous writing is an acute sense of what is truly relevant to us today. - Raymond Tallis, author of The Kingdom of Infinite Space
A light-footed scoot through theologies both ancient and (post)modern. - Steven Poole, The Guardian
A very informative and useful little book. - Church Times
Very accessible and readable. - The Tablet
