Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 160
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Trim: 5¾ x 9
978-1-5381-1588-6 • Hardback • December 2018 • $24.95 • (£18.99)
978-1-5381-1589-3 • eBook • December 2018 • $23.50 • (£17.99)
William Irwin is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King’s College in Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of numerous books, including The Simpsons and Philosophy, The Matrix and Philosophy, and Seinfeld and Philosophy. His writing has appeared in the New York Times blog The Stone, and he has been interviewed by numerous media outlets including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, USA Today, the BBC, CNN, NPR, and MSNBC. He lives in Kingston, Pennsylvania.
A very clear and articulate argument in support of the special value of doubt. Both modest and yet far-ranging, the book gets into both epistemological and theological matters. . . [God is a Question] is so abundant in provocative ideas that a reviewer cannot help, first, saluting them and, then, exploring their implications.
— Free Inquiry
I once saw a bumper sticker that read ‘Militant Agnostic: I don’t know and you don’t either.’ By William Irwin’s account in God Is a Question, Not an Answer, an elegant encomium for creating unity through shared doubt, if we are honest with ourselves the label would apply to both theists and atheists, for none of us knows for certain what the answer is to the question of God’s existence.
— Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine and author of Why People Believe Weird Things
A fresh, new, and deeply needed approach to the issue of God, directing us away from all the loudly proclaimed certainties on both sides of the modern debate, and toward an appreciation of the interrogative spirit, along with what it can accomplish.
— Tom Morris, bestselling author of If Aristotle Ran General Motors, Philosophy for Dummies, and The Oasis Within
Thoughtful, elegant and gently provocative, God Is a Question, Not an Answer is a fresh contribution to an old debate. With style and humanity, Irwin uncovers the forgotten virtues of doubt. A book for our times.
— Dominic Erdozain, Historian and author of The Soul of Doubt: the Religious Roots of Unbelief from Luther to Marx
Irwin’s readers should be used to surprise, humor, and serious thought. In God Is a Question he treats us to all of them, beginning with the puzzling title, for what is its meaning? That is where the fun begins.
— Jorge Gracia, Distinguished Professor, SUNY, and author of How Can We Know What God Means? The Interpretation of Revelation
An excellent curative for both the smug atheist and the dogmatic believer. A terrific read.
— Stephen Asma, Research Group in Mind, Science, and Culture at Columbia College Chicago, author of Why We Need Religion
2/13/2019: Author William Irwin interviewed on Larry Rifkin's America Trends Podcast. Listen here.