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In the teeth of the hurricane that blows upon all humans, the storm of bedevilments great and small that murders our peace of mind, that bewilders us and makes us think this is a world of random cruelty where war is easy and peace too hard, where when we beat back death from ...more...]]> 7291350 216284 630467 1851683232 9781851683239 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176494037m/630467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630467.God_A_Guide_For_the_Perplexed 3.80 15 God: A Guide for the Perplexed is a wonderful book. Ward is a philosopher as well as a theologian and he succeeds in presenting the sweep of mankind's religious and philosophical thought with style, reverence, and a wry humour. He is to be congratulated in producing a book that avoids churchy clap trap, academic jargon, religious cliché, and mushy spirituality. He writes in a crisp, entertaining way that is never flippant and he wears his immense learning lightly, sharing a genuine enthusiasm for his subject with a clear desire to communicate with ordinary people. In seven chapters Ward takes us through the history of mankind's religious thought. He shows how philosophical questions have always been linked with religious questions, and how religion has never been merely a set of rules or doctrines, but a quest for meaning and a search for the blazing darkness that is God. In other words, Ward has written a feast for the mind and the heart. While the academic ground is covered lightly, the mystical, poetic, and mysterious side of religion is also given due weight. If you can only buy one book which explains the heart and mind of mankind's spiritual quest, buy this book. --Dwight Longenecker, Amazon.co.uk]]> 5 2 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 04 22:25:28 -0700 2007 Mon Jan 28 13:07:47 -0800 2008 Have you ever finished a book and thought to yourself, "Does this guy know everything?"

That's the feeling I ended up with at the conclusion of Keith Ward's magisterial tour of theology and philosophy from the time of the ancient Greeks to the present.

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He shows how philosophical questions have always been linked with religious questions, and how religion has never been merely a set of rules or doctrines, but a quest for meaning and a search for the blazing darkness that is God. In other words, Ward has written a feast for the mind and the heart. While the academic ground is covered lightly, the mystical, poetic, and mysterious side of religion is also given due weight. If you can only buy one book which explains the heart and mind of mankind's spiritual quest, buy this book. --Dwight Longenecker, Amazon.co.uk]]> 5 1 false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Fri Apr 13 12:54:07 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 07:53:46 -0700 2007 24251498 93635 630467 1851683232 9781851683239 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176494037m/630467.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/630467.God_A_Guide_For_the_Perplexed 3.80 15 God: A Guide for the Perplexed is a wonderful book. 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