{"product_id":"atheism-and-love-in-the-colby-dickinson-9781350475380","title":"Atheism and Love in the Modern Era: Practicing Indifference","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscussing the decline of faith and the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erise of love in the modern era, Colby\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDickinson proposes a critique of religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelief which addresses how a secular\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworld can continue to mine religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etraditions for their conceptual and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eemotional riches. Atheism and Love in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Modern Era argues that theism and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatheism taken together can peel back\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe layers of abstraction, alienation, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisillusionment that always accompany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eour humanity in order to help us really\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esee how it is to exist in this world. To\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eilluminate this vision, Dickinson takes up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe notion of love as a cultivation and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epractice of indifference, as a letting go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof one's identity-a crucial concept that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunites both religion and atheism through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea concerted effort to detach from\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethem both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dialogue with a variety of thinkers, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eincluding Zizek, Agamben, Derrida, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrigaray, Fromm, and Taylor, this is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eessential reading for those interested\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein popular debates around theism and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eatheism, as well as those concerned with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe ways in which continental and analytic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ephilosophy have addressed the continued\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esignificance of religious traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colby Dickinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350475386\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350475380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Colby Dickinson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47244114100479,"sku":"9781350475380","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c3ef9f69-7b77-4165-89a8-b556128061ba.jpg?v=1758134972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atheism-and-love-in-the-colby-dickinson-9781350475380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}