01907cam a2200313 i 4500 549985555 TxAuBib 20220412120000.0 210723s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780300259926 HRD 25.00 0300259921 HRD 25.00 (OCoLC)1261303268 TxAuBib rda Kronman, Anthony T. After disbelief [BOOK] : on disenchantment, disappointment, eternity, and joy / Anthony T. Kronman. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] 176 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-167) and index. The humanist's God -- Endless time -- Illusions of fulfillment -- Prospects of joy. Many people of faith believe the meaning of life depends on our connection to an eternal order of some kind. Atheists deride this belief as a childish superstition. In this wise and profound book, Anthony Kronman offers an alternative to these two entrenched positions, arguing that neither addresses the complexities of the human condition. We can never reach God, as religion promises, but cannot give up the longing to do so either. We are condemned by our nature to set goals we can neither abandon nor fulfill, yet paradoxically are able to approach more closely if we try. The human condition is one of inevitable disappointment tempered by moments of joy. Resolutely humanistic and theologically inspired, this moving book offers a rational path to the love of God amidst the disenchantments of our time. 20220412. God. Spiritual life. Humanism. Belief and doubt.