I thought this one was interesting.
Tim O'Neil wrote a PopMatters review of The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World by Alister McGrath, which discusses the future of atheism as a modernist concept.
According to O'Neal, McGrath condemns modernity with a double-pronged attack from the forces of spiritualism and post-modernism, viewing atheism as a "totalizing worldview." By definition, atheism excludes the truth of other opposing worldviews. As McGrath points out, "this critique of of such a notion has major implications for religions such as Christianity and Islam."
The problem with this argument from my view, and O'Neal seems to have agreed, is in the postmodernism lends itself rather well to atheism. Both discount the grand narratives of meaning and purpose that are answered by religion. They both reject belief in absolute Truth.
Tim O'Neil wrote a PopMatters review of The Twilight of Atheism: The Rise and Fall of Disbelief in the Modern World by Alister McGrath, which discusses the future of atheism as a modernist concept.
According to O'Neal, McGrath condemns modernity with a double-pronged attack from the forces of spiritualism and post-modernism, viewing atheism as a "totalizing worldview." By definition, atheism excludes the truth of other opposing worldviews. As McGrath points out, "this critique of of such a notion has major implications for religions such as Christianity and Islam."
The problem with this argument from my view, and O'Neal seems to have agreed, is in the postmodernism lends itself rather well to atheism. Both discount the grand narratives of meaning and purpose that are answered by religion. They both reject belief in absolute Truth.
O'Neal made a great point, declaring that the insertion of postmodernism into the book only muddled the argument by bringing in unnecessary contraditictions.
It's an interesting argument. Certainly worth looking into. But, I think that O'Neal nailed it when he said that the insertion of postmodernism muddled the argument by bringing in unneccessary contridictions.
No comments:
Post a Comment