Can reason and religion co-exist? Can you be truly skeptical and still
spiritual? The surprising answer presented in this concise book of
philosophy is that true skepticism, applied in its most rigid and
unyielding form, leads us not to science, but to spirituality. Many of
us today feel a yearning for spirituality. Many more feel an emptiness,
lack of purpose or dissatisfaction with life which in previous eras
would have been filled by religion. But yet we cannot fill this need. We
have been raised in the age of science, taught to be skeptical,
conditioned not to simply believe but to verify. What's more, the
plethora of different religions and spiritual paths available in our
modern, multicultural, and globally connected world, serves only to
reinforce this alienation: for with each one seeming to contradict the
others, what reason is there to choose any particular over the others?
For some, this leaves them adrift with no path to follow at all. Others
flit from one tradition to the next, constantly searching but never
finding the certainty which would tie them to one particular path and
allow them to truly, deeply connect with it. 'Reason as Religion' was
written for these people. In it the author clearly shows how skepticism
is not only compatible with spirituality, but can actually form the very
foundation upon which spirituality is built.
