@article{1477529,
      recid = {1477529},
      author = {Silver, Mitchell, },
      title = {A Plausible God : Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish  Theology /},
      pages = {1 online resource (200 p.)},
      abstract = {At least since the seventeenth century, the traditional  God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam has been under  pressure to conform to the scientific worldview. Across the  monotheistic traditions there has emerged a "liberal"  conception of God compatible with a thoroughgoing  naturalism. For many, this liberal "new" God is the only  credible God. But is it a useful God? Does belief in so  malleable a deity come from, or lead to, different  political, moral, psychological, or aesthetic phenomena  from atheism?A Plausible God evaluates the new God by  analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers  -Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green-and  compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods.  Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice  between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic  naturalism without gods. Silver poses the question: "If it  is to be either the new God or no God, what does-what  should-determine the choice?"Although Jewish thinkers are  used as the primary exemplars of new God theology, Silver  explores developments in contemporary Christian thought,  Eastern religious traditions, and "New Age" religion. A  Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to  current discussions of the relationship between science and  religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning  of the idea of God itself in modern life.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1477529},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823238514},
}