Does God Exist?

by Hans Kïng

Overview

Does God exist? Who is God? And can we ultimately trust in any reality? These questions have been among the greatest subjects of human speculation since history began, but not until modern times has the reality of God been so strongly called into doubt. In this monumental study, written for men and women of all faiths (and of none), Hans Kung, the most renowned and controversial theologian in the world today, first traces the rise of modern atheism in the works of such great thinkers as Descartes, Pascal, Feuerbach, Marx, Nietzsche and Freud, and then demonstrates--brilliantly and in terms that make sense to us today--why a "yes" to God remains a more reasonable and responsible belief than its alternative, nihilism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781597528016
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	09/22/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	864
Sales rank:	946,421
Product dimensions:	6.34(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.79(d)

About the Author

Hans Kung is the author of many books including 'Eternal LIfe?', 'Global Responsibility', and 'Credo: The Apostles' Creed Explained for Today'. He is currently Professor Emeritus of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tuebingen and President of the Global Ethic Foundation in Germany and Switzerland. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Passionate, almost reckless in its daring . . . Kung's best and most helpful book to date."
—Commonweal

"A major work . . . erudite, fair, balanced."
—The New York Book Review

"Stimulating intellectually, philosophically, theologically."
—The Wall Street Journal

"Masterful.:
—The Los Angeles Times

Editorial Reviews

"Passionate, almost reckless in its daring . . . Kung's best and most helpful book to date."
—Commonweal

"A major work . . . erudite, fair, balanced."
—The New York Book Review

"Stimulating intellectually, philosophically, theologically."
—The Wall Street Journal

"Masterful.:
—The Los Angeles Times

From the Publisher

Perhaps more than any other of his books, ''Does God Exist?'' challenges the preconceptions of uncritical defenders and uncritical opponents alike. It is a work at once conservative in its faith and substantive in its scholarship. . . . ''Does God Exist?'' demonstrates beyond any reasonable doubt that Father Kung is a serious and sophisticated theologian, not simply a popularizer or polemicist. . . . Unsuspecting readers, attracted by the author's reputation for clear thinking and common sense, may stumble over some of the prose. . . . ''Does God Exist?'' is a major work by a major theologian. It deserves a wide and fair reading. -- New York Times

Richard P. McBrien