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If God created man, who created God?

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments 7
Foreword 9
Part One: Back on the Public Agenda 15
1. The Renewal of an Old Attack on Religion 17
Part Two: Early Advocates of a Sceptical View 33
2. A New Challenge to the Gods 35
3. Its Later Uptake and Turnaround 45
Part Three: Four Leading Modern App roaches 61
4. God as the Product of Human Wishes: Ludwig Feuerbach 63
5. God as a Substitute for Oppressive Conditions: Karl Marx 80
6. God as a Projection of Repressed Desires:Sigmund Freud 96
7. God as the Symbol of Human Potential: Erich Fromm 112
Part Four: A Time for Self-Examination 131
8. Facing Up to the Personal Challenge 133
Notes 149

About the Author

Dr Banks completed his doctorate in theology at Cambridge. He is the author of several books for which he has won 6 book prizes including the Book of the Year award from Christianity Today (1998).

Reviews

[Robert] Banks's analysis of the early house churches in their historical context has no parallel, either in content or reader accessibility. --S. Scott Bartchy, professor, University of California, on Paul's Idea of Community

The recovery of theology of, for, and by the ordinary Christian will take more than one good book. But this volume makes a significant contribution. Robert Banks views biblical theology as essentially subversive. It insists on addressing the center of our lives rather than the circumference. . . . This book is about the heart of it--the God invasion of our seven-day week with transcendent meaning and joy. Read it. --R. Paul Stevens, professor, Regent College, on Redeeming the Routines