{"product_id":"atheism-and-love-in-the-modern-era-practicing-indifference-9781350475380","title":"Atheism and Love in the Modern Era: Practicing Indifference","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscussing the decline of faith and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erise of love in the modern era, Colby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDickinson proposes a critique of religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelief which addresses how a secular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld can continue to mine religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraditions for their conceptual and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemotional riches. Atheism and Love in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Modern Era argues that theism and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatheism taken together can peel back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe layers of abstraction, alienation, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisillusionment that always accompany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eour humanity in order to help us really\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esee how it is to exist in this world. To\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eilluminate this vision, Dickinson takes up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe notion of love as a cultivation and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractice of indifference, as a letting go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof one's identity-a crucial concept that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunites both religion and atheism through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea concerted effort to detach from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dialogue with a variety of thinkers, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding Zizek, Agamben, Derrida, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrigaray, Fromm, and Taylor, this is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eessential reading for those interested\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein popular debates around theism and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatheism, as well as those concerned with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ways in which continental and analytic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephilosophy have addressed the continued\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esignificance of religious traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColby Dickinson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Theology at Loyola University in Chicago, USA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615527862546,"sku":"9781350475380","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_af2fbdfc-172f-4191-a0dd-8f5981d460bd.jpg?v=1758101250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/atheism-and-love-in-the-modern-era-practicing-indifference-9781350475380","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}