false 6105759 3 Visionary utopian thinker finds the atheist core of the bible. In recent years religious faith has come under much scrutiny from secular progressives. Fear of a rise in Islamic and Christian fundamentalism has prompted numerous attacks on the belief in God which make no attempt to understand its source. In this long unavailable book, Ernst Bloch provides an original historical examination of Christianity in an attempt to find its social roots. He pursues a detailed study of the Bible and its long standing fascination for 'ordinary and unimportant' people. In the Bible stories' promise of utopia and their antagonism to authority, Bloch locates the appeal to the oppressed - the desire 'to transcend without transcendence'. Through a lyrical yet close and nuanced analysis he explores the tensions within the text that promote atheism, against the authoritarian metaphysical theism imposed on it by priest interpreters. At the Bible's heart he finds a heretical core and claims, paradoxically, that a good Christian must necessarily be an atheist. 266347 1968 Atheism in Christianity total:5|5:2|4:1|3:0|2:1|1:1| 5 17 20 3 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 20:44:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 10:35:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 13:21:38 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 12:34:17 -0700 2009 Peter]]> 1 1 false false Thu Jun 18 00:15:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 00:15:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Oct 11 08:38:42 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 08:38:42 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 14:56:19 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 14:56:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 21:48:26 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:26:59 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 19:22:10 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:22:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 30 05:52:55 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 05:53:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 19 15:04:04 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 15:04:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 07:45:37 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 15 12:26:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 18 22:02:26 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 22:02:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jun 18 20:25:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 20:25:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 17 09:12:08 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 09:12:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 14 14:20:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 14:20:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 12 21:42:34 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:42:34 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jun 06 20:34:36 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 20:34:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 20:39:43 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 20:40:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 05 04:50:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 04:50:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 11 18:59:38 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 18:59:43 -0700 2007 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jun 03 00:40:44 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 03 00:40:57 -0700 2007