'A first-rate introduction to a contemporary thinker of outstanding scope and real importance.' Times Literary Supplement.
'An excellent introductory survey which combines brevity, lucidity and adequate documentation with critical reflection ... Meynell has put us in a much better position to appraise one of the genuinely creative thinkers of the philosophical theology of our time.' The Churchman
'A lively, general introduction to a range of Lonergan's thinking which succeeds in presenting it in a reasonably straightforward terms with some indication of its...
'A first-rate introduction to a contemporary thinker of outstanding scope and real importance.' Times Literary Supplement.
With his extraordinary command over English and his ability to transmit ideas clearly, Meynell takes on the concept of atheism and what he labels as Schleiermacher's cultured 'despisers of religion'. He argues that the concept of God is a rational belief and that the awareness of divinity illuminates the path for science. Not only does Meynell defend the existence of God, but also Christianity itself. He describes it as a form of dispensation to meet our human condition which acts as a substitute to the atheistic materialist alternative. Meynell adds that there is much to be learned from...
With his extraordinary command over English and his ability to transmit ideas clearly, Meynell takes on the concept of atheism and what he labels as S...
