ebooks Culture and the Death of God by Terry Eagleton in History

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Why God?By PMMr. Eagleton outdid himself with this excellent discussion on the place and importance of the concept of a 'God' in our culture and why it will always be a necessary condition of an unequal society. This book is very unfortunate news for atheists and agnostics as he explains why most people will probably never have the luxury of freeing themselves from religious illusion.I was very moved by the final few pages of the book which contains a compassionate appeal for collective action to mitigate the suffering of the less fortunate. I found the tone of this appeal to be about as disheartening and fatalistic as can be in our current zero sum political situation.Religion is here to stay under these circumstances in this culture .17 of 19 people found the following review helpful. CompellingBy Vincent HevernHarrowing ride through the last two centuries of Western thought as Eagleton unpacks the multiple levels of unbelief in religion and skewers so many from the Enlightenment onward with their own bad faith in finding substitutes for God without acknowledging what they were really doing. The uncompromising atheism of Nietzsche stands in contrast to so many others who saw in culture a substitute for religion. Eagleton may not himself be a beliver; but he "gets" the raw and paradoxical call of Christianity which is so unlike the religion rejected in the West. His analysis of the emptiness and pretensions of both postmodernism and contemporary capitalism are withering. A fascinating book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great book!By PrometheusLoved the book could not put it down. Eagleton at his best.Go buy and read it as soon as possible