Of God and Man

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Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw) Stanislaw Obirek (University of Warsaw)

Of God and Man

Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw), Stanislaw Obirek (University of Warsaw), Katarzyna Bartoszynska

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Polity Press
19 June 2015

Religion & beliefs; Religion: general; Sociology

In this engaging dialogue, Zygmunt Bauman, sociologist and philosopher, and Stanislaw Obirek, theologian and cultural historian, explore the place of spirituality and religion in the world today and in the everyday lives of individuals. Their conversation ranges from the plight of monotheistic religions cast onto a polytheistic world stage to the nature of religious experience and its impact on human worldviews and life strategies; from Messianic and Promethean ideas of redemption and salvation to the possibility and prospects of inter-religious dialogue and the factors standing in its way.

While starting from different places, Bauman and Obirek are driven by the same concern to reconcile the multiplicity of religions with the oneness of humanity, and to do so in a way that avoids the trap of adhering to a single truth, bearing witness instead to the multiplicity of human truths and the diversity of cultures and faiths. For everything creative in human existence has its roots in human diversity; it is not human diversity that turns brother against brother but the refusal of it. The fundamental condition of peace, solidarity and benevolent cooperation among human beings is a willingness to accept that there is a multiplicity of ways of being human, and a willingness to accept the model of coexistence that this multiplicity requires.

By: Zygmunt Bauman (Universities of Leeds and Warsaw), Stanislaw Obirek (University of Warsaw)
Translated by: Katarzyna Bartoszynska
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780745695693
ISBN 10: 0745695698
Pages: 180
Publication Date: 19 June 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface vii I Preliminary Measures 1 II What about This Religion? On the Threat of Fundamentalism – Not Only the Religious Kind 14 III The Literati in Aid of Blundering Thought 34 IV Sources of Hope 46 V Fusion of Horizons 67 VI The Disinherited; or, Creating Tradition Anew 81 VII God or Gods? The Gentle Face of Polytheism 107 Without Conclusions 115 Notes 117 Index 122

Zygmunt Bauman is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. His books have become international bestsellers and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Stanislaw Obirek is a former Jesuit and priest, and is now Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Lodz.

Reviews for Of God and Man

Engaging and thoroughly thought-provoking, stimulating and brimming with a theological analysis that is ultimately enticing to say the least, Of God and Man, is many things - predominantly that of a search for clarity and some kind of behavioural understanding. David Marx Book Reviews