SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ATHEISM AND RELIGION with Geoff Crocker

An Enlightened Philosophy: Can an Atheist Believe Anything? is an exciting book that challenges the stale confrontation between atheism and religion. Calling on his experience in industry and his interest in faith and values, author Geoff Crocker offers a fresh interpretation of religion as strong myth from which to create personal and social values. He argues that contemporary atheism, whilst a valid hypothesis, destroys a source of values without offering any alternative. The result is moral nihilism and a materialist self centred consumer society. This he argues is much less than a full understanding of human life and society. He starts by tracing the development of philosophy to an atheist position, arguing that metaphysical concepts, an aspect of faith, are essential to human life. Geoff then suggests a reinterpretation of the religious texts as myth, offering a wide range of examples on themes of justice, love, the market, the role of the state, fear, resurrection and sibling rivalry. This book may appeal both to secularists who are looking for believable interpretation of faith and to Christians looking for a relevant interpretation of faith. www.anenlightenedphilosophy.com