Sofia, Reviews
Spirit of Britain Series
Paul Overend reviews Robert Van de Weyer’s Spirit of Britain series, illustrated guides to places of spiritual interest in England, from pre-Christian sites and Little Gidding to mosques and temples.
Author: Paul Overend
Sofia Magazine Issue, Sofia, Letters
54 – Interfaith Dialogue
Contents Articles Reviews Editorial No peace among the nations without peace among the religions No peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions. (Hans Küng) December 1992: Hindu nationalists destroy the Babri Masjid Mosque...
Sofia, Reviews
Multi-Faith Britain
Paul Overend reviews Multi-Faith Britain, David Hart’s collection of essays from Baha’i, Buddhist, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and pagan perspectives, linked to the Derby Multi-Faith Centre. He finds it a valuable but introductory volume.
Sofia
A Bluffer’s Guide to Continental Philosophy
A bluffer’s guide to continental philosophy tracing ideas of the self and subjectivity from Descartes, Locke and Kant through Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Freud to Foucault and Levinas.
Sofia
Postscripts: On the Origins of Monotheism
Postscripts reports Robert Feather’s theory that monotheism began with the pharaoh Akhenaten, from the Copper Scroll, and its implications for Moses and the Hebrew Bible. It questions monotheism as a human creation.
Sofia Magazine Issue, Sofia, Letters
53 – The Religious Self – Lightness or Loss?
Contents Articles Reviews Poetry Regulars and Occasionals Editorial Self-Knowledge “Know thyself!” An oracle in a Greek temple at Delphi, said to be a saying of the God Apollo. “Know then thyself, presume not God to...
Sofia Magazine Issue, Sofia, Letters
52 – Fantasy: Escape or Engagement?
Contents Articles Poetry Interviews Regulars and Occasionals Editorial Editorial ONE FOR THE DARK LORD David Boulton on Tolkien HAVING FAITH IN FANTASY Helen Fisher on the benefits of fantasy BOOK REVIEW John Hunt’s own, reviewed...
Reviews
Review: Daddy, Do you believe in God? (Book Review) by John Hunt
Paul Overend reviews John Hunt’s Daddy, Do you believe in God?, a personal overview of problems for naive belief drawn from astrophysics, evolution, history, philosophy and biblical scholarship, written for those who are neither Christian...