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Culture and the death of God / Terry Eagleton.

by Eagleton, Terry, 1943-

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New Haven : Yale University Press, c2014.

Religion -- History.

Religion and culture.

9780300203998 (hbk.)

0300203993 (hbk.)

x, 234 pages ; 22 cm

The limits of Enlightenment -- Idealists -- Romantics -- The crisis of culture -- The death of God -- Modernism and after.

"How to live in a supposedly faithless world threatened by religious fundamentalism? Terry Eagleton, formidable thinker and renowned cultural critic, investigates in this thought-provoking book the contradictions, difficulties, and significance of the modern search for a replacement for God. Engaging with a phenomenally wide range of ideas, issues, and thinkers from the Enlightenment to today, Eagleton discusses the state of religion before and after 9/11, the ironies surrounding Western capitalism's part in spawning not only secularism but also fundamentalism, and the unsatisfactory surrogates for the Almighty invented in the post-Enlightenment era. The author reflects on the unique capacities of religion, the possibilities of culture and art as modern paths to salvation, the so-called war on terror's impact on atheism, and a host of other topics of concern to those who envision a future in which just and compassionate communities thrive. Lucid, stylish, and entertaining in his usual manner, Eagleton presents a brilliant survey of modern thought that also serves as a timely, urgently needed intervention into our perilous political present." -- Publisher's description.

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