The Case for Religion

In this, his first new book since the best-selling God: A Guide for theerplexed (Oneworld, 2002), Keith Ward turns his attention to the role - andhe validity of religion over the centuries and in the world today. Hisrudite yet informative and factual narrative outlines the various attemptshat have been made throughout history to explain religion, including thenthropological, psychological, sociological and philosophical theories ofey thinkers from Immanuel Kant to Sigmund Freud. Adopting a comparativepproach, the book covers all the religious traditions from West and Eastlike, concluding in a compelling manner that not only are the world faithsuch more than a series of theoretical perspectives, but that, in the face ofiscord and violence, religious understanding retains more resonance thanver before within our global community.