Meaning and Mystery: What It Means To Believe in God

Meaning and Mystery offers a challenge to the way Philosophy has traditionally approached the issue of belief in God as a theoretical problem, proposing instead a form of reflection more appropriate to the practical nature of the issue.

• Makes use of abundant illustrative material, from both literature, such as Les Misérables, Edwin Abott’s Flatland, Yann Martel’s Life of Pi and Leo Tolstoy’s A Confession, and popular culture, such as advertisements, the television series Joan of Arcadia and the film Stranger Than Fiction
• Uses imaginative scenarios to offer explanations of central concepts
• Incorporates theories on human thought and behavior in exploring the formation of religious belief
• Written in a style that is accessible to readers with little background knowledge of philosophy