Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism

Abraham already answer appear attention aware become belief Cartesian certainly Christian claim clear comes conceptions constituted contingency course Dasein defined demand Descartes desire discipline divine dwelling earth eternal ethical example existence expression fact faith fear finally fully give given gods ground Heidegger Heidegger's human ideal identity imagination individual inevitable intellectual interpretation kind knowledge light lives look lover matter means metaphysical mood mortal nature necessary Nietzsche normal nihilism object one's oneself ordinary ourselves particular Pathos perhaps philosophical Plato possible practices presence produced pure question reality recognition recognize reference reflection relation religious representation requires revealing sacred seems seen sense social sort speak specific stand story structure things thought tion tradition true truth trying turn understanding universal values various Western whole