1st Edition
How Much Religion is Good for Us? If Religion Were a Game
By Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
Copyright 2025
210 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
210 Pages
1 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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How Much Religion is Good for Us? is a provocative book which examines parallels between play and religion from a philosophical, theological, and anthropological perspective.
Understanding “religion as a game” in the context of secular culture, it explores the “playful” patterning of spiritual and religious belief in modern societies. Drawing on the Nietzschean concept of a dead but powerful... Read more
Introduction
1. Art, Play, and Faith
2. The Leap into the Game
3. The Unbearable Lightness of Religion
4. The Sacred, the Secular, and the Spiritual
5. The Spiritual and the Worldly
6. Play, Religion, and Society
7. "Thank God, I am an Atheist": Gianni Vattimo's "Half-Belief"
8. Kitsch and Kenosis
9. Cultural Secularism
10. Can Religion be "Interesting"?
Conclusion: How Much Religion is Good for Us?
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Thorsten Botz-Bornstein is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Global Studies Center at the Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait.
