{"product_id":"the-invisible-source-of-authority-david-walsh-9780268209575","title":"The Invisible Source of Authority: God in a Secular Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Source of Authority\u003c\/em\u003e is a philosophical meditation on the secular age and challenges the notion that the secular can be understood without reference to God.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does one reject God while denying belief? This is the central paradox of our secular age, where efforts to erase God only affirm his presence. In \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Source of Authority\u003c\/em\u003e, David Walsh examines this paradox and argues that a secular world actually reveals God more clearly, rather than bringing about what has been called the death of God. Unlike many critics of modernity, Walsh argues that secularism is not inhospitable to authentic religious faith and cannot be understood without reference to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the writings of early modern thinkers like Montaigne, Descartes, and Grotius, Walsh asserts that God's absence from the secular world is testimony to God's transcendence. Because the secular is always that which has withdrawn from serving God, Walsh suggests that this presupposition proves that God remains indispensable to the self-understanding of secular society. \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Source of Authority \u003c\/i\u003eseeks to remind us that, despite his seeming absence, the transcendent God remains an essential presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Walsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 026820957X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268209575\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"David Walsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795554750719,"sku":"9780268209575","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e0d6981e-9407-4075-a74d-58682279cab8.jpg?v=1744947962","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-invisible-source-of-authority-david-walsh-9780268209575","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}