In the Twilight with God: A Critique of Religion in the Light of Man's Glassy Essence

Granted that God may exist how may God be defined in our time? Addressing this issue Benjamin Farley explores a variety of belief systems Western and Eastern religious and skeptical. Taking an approach that is both critical of religion as well as sympathetic Farley refuses to shy away from hard questions or to dismiss constructive answers that speak to the human condition. He distinguishes human intellectual ascent towards God from humankinds innate and inner sense to know and relate to the living God demonstrating the efforts and rewards of both approaches in Christianity as well as in Hinduism Buddhism Taoism and Zen. Alongside these more obviously religious approaches Farley reviews the methodologies and findings of todays greatest scientific minds including skeptics such as Hawking Dawkins and Wilson as well as their skeptical forerunners of the past. He argues that belief in God can no more ignore the scientific truth about the universe than science can dismiss the spiritual yearnings and hunger of humanity for purpose meaning and its inescapable sense of the presence of God.