PAUL DONOVAN is chilled by the contemporary resonance of Harper Lee’s coming of age tale amidst racism and white supremacy in this excellent production
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Books: Extract - Gary Cox's The God Confusion
What is God? Does he exist? Can we know? asks GARY COX in his new book The God Confusion. In this extract, he argues that the only valid philosophical response is to adopt the sceptical, agnostic viewpoint
GEOFF BOTTOMS recommends the unashamedly light-hearted escapism on offer in this stage version of the 1963 film
Full of mysterious religious references and radical sound design, the Scottish duo’s new offering is candidate for album of the year, suggests SIMON DUFF
MARY CONWAY revels in a powerful reminder that human lives are not defined by physical perfection
PAUL DONOVAN recommends the fine performances in this account of the pre-war meeting between the US president and the British king
TECLYN AROD relishes an intimate celebration of jazz improvisation that mixes local and national musicians
In medieval times, Western philosophy was more or less indistinguishable from Christian theology. It had become little more than a tool for advancing theological positions to the greater glory of a God that no sane person dared to doubt the existence of.
Today, many philosophers find philosophy an equally effective tool for advancing atheism.
My book does not evangelise for God and religion or for atheism, secularism and science. It simply explores in an objective and unbiased way what philosophers have said over the centuries about the idea and nature of God, his relationship to the world and his existence or non-existence.
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