In the Absence of God:
Religious Humanism as
Spiritual Journey
(with special reference to Julian Huxley)

Book Description

Our purpose here is to explore the nature of religion as defined and developed in the humanistic tradition wherein there is no biblical concept of God but there is a concept of religion with special reference to Julian Huxley. Of particular interest is the prospects of a "non-theistic spirituality," or, a spirituality in the absence of God. The presuppositional apologetics school of hermeneutics suggests that "all argumentation with presupposition is circular," thus, so long as we define our terms carefully and with intentional presuppositions, we should end up proving ourselves to be right. This is the case with religious fundamentalists, so why shouldn't it be the case with rational scientifically-minded humanists as well? We will explore, then, the possible meaning of the word religion when it does not imply a personal God and we will also explore the range of definitions of "God" which might allow for a post-biblical religion and a non-biblical god. Why bother?, it might be asked, and that will be another challenge in the book to demonstrate that the use of religious language in a godless world may or may not make sense.