Robert Bolger has a M.A. in Theology from Union Theological Seminary and a PhD in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University where he Studied with D.Z. Phillips. He is the author of Kneeling at the Altar of Science: The Mistaken Path of Contemporary Religious Scientism (2012) and editor (with Scott Korb) of Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2014). His website can be found at robertbolger.com.Robert C. Coburn was professor of philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle for over 30 years. He is the author of many articles in various areas of philosophy including philosophy of religion, metaphysics, philosophy of science and Wittgenstein. He is also the author of The Strangeness of the Ordinary: Problems and Issues in Contemporary Metaphysics (1990).

Almost two books for the price of one! The lively essays by Robert Coburn are philosophical and personal: a delight to read. Robert Bolger argues against ‘idolatry’, belief in God ‘up there’. In contrast stands religion anchored in a moral and personal practice. A challenging view, worthy of consideration.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1Introduction: Idolatry, Faith, and Agape by Robert K. Bolger1 Dawkins, Idolatry, and the God Who is not There2 Transcendence, Faith, and Fideism3 Picturing a Religious Form of Life4 Truth Pluralism: Criteria and Religious Belief5 It’s All About the Neighbor: Agape, The Good Life, and Religious BeliefPart 2 Introduction: Religious Practice Without Belief by Robert C. Coburn6 The Church from Without and from Within7 The Turning World8 Markel’s Paradox9 Laughter, Love and Christian Living10 Blind as a Bat11 Models and MentorsIndex

Robert Bolger has a M.A. in Theology from Union Theological Seminary and a PhD in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University where he Studied with D.Z. Phillips. He is the author of Kneeling at the Altar of Science: The Mistaken Path of Contemporary Religious Scientism (2012) and editor (with Scott Korb) of Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2014). His website can be found at robertbolger.com.Robert C. Coburn was professor of philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle for over 30 years. He is the author of many articles in various areas of philosophy including philosophy of religion, metaphysics, philosophy of science and Wittgenstein. He is also the author of The Strangeness of the Ordinary: Problems and Issues in Contemporary Metaphysics (1990).

Almost two books for the price of one! The lively essays by Robert Coburn are philosophical and personal: a delight to read. Robert Bolger argues against ‘idolatry’, belief in God ‘up there’. In contrast stands religion anchored in a moral and personal practice. A challenging view, worthy of consideration.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1Introduction: Idolatry, Faith, and Agape by Robert K. Bolger1 Dawkins, Idolatry, and the God Who is not There2 Transcendence, Faith, and Fideism3 Picturing a Religious Form of Life4 Truth Pluralism: Criteria and Religious Belief5 It’s All About the Neighbor: Agape, The Good Life, and Religious BeliefPart 2 Introduction: Religious Practice Without Belief by Robert C. Coburn6 The Church from Without and from Within7 The Turning World8 Markel’s Paradox9 Laughter, Love and Christian Living10 Blind as a Bat11 Models and MentorsIndex

Robert Bolger has a M.A. in Theology from Union Theological Seminary and a PhD in Philosophy of Religion and Theology from Claremont Graduate University where he Studied with D.Z. Phillips. He is the author of Kneeling at the Altar of Science: The Mistaken Path of Contemporary Religious Scientism (2012) and editor (with Scott Korb) of Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy (Bloomsbury Press, 2014). His website can be found at robertbolger.com.Robert C. Coburn was professor of philosophy at the University of Washington in Seattle for over 30 years. He is the author of many articles in various areas of philosophy including philosophy of religion, metaphysics, philosophy of science and Wittgenstein. He is also the author of The Strangeness of the Ordinary: Problems and Issues in Contemporary Metaphysics (1990).

Almost two books for the price of one! The lively essays by Robert Coburn are philosophical and personal: a delight to read. Robert Bolger argues against ‘idolatry’, belief in God ‘up there’. In contrast stands religion anchored in a moral and personal practice. A challenging view, worthy of consideration.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart 1Introduction: Idolatry, Faith, and Agape by Robert K. Bolger1 Dawkins, Idolatry, and the God Who is not There2 Transcendence, Faith, and Fideism3 Picturing a Religious Form of Life4 Truth Pluralism: Criteria and Religious Belief5 It’s All About the Neighbor: Agape, The Good Life, and Religious BeliefPart 2 Introduction: Religious Practice Without Belief by Robert C. Coburn6 The Church from Without and from Within7 The Turning World8 Markel’s Paradox9 Laughter, Love and Christian Living10 Blind as a Bat11 Models and MentorsIndex