{"product_id":"9781101870402","title":"This Life : Secular Faith and Spiritual Freedom","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA profound, original, and accessible book that argues that a faith \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e in God or eternal life, but in the finite, temporal life we lead here on earth is one that gives that life \u003c\/b\u003efar\u003cb\u003e greater depth of meaning. A manifesto for a truly \u003ci\u003esecular\u003c\/i\u003e faith that speaks eloquently to both believers and agnostics alike.   \u003c\/b\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe philosopher and critic Martin Hägglund believes that we need a new way of thinking about faith. In contrast to the traditional religious faith in eternity, he proposes a secular faith in the value of living in time. He argues that the concept of an eternal heaven actually renders our mortal life meaningless since it assumes that our ultimate aims should be to escape it. Engaging writers and thinkers as diverse as C. S. Lewis, Kierkegaard, St. Augustine, Nietzsche, Martin Luther, and even Karl Ove Knausgaard, Hägglund provides not only a critique of religious ideals, but also a positive, alternative understanding of the beliefs and values that can motivate us to live lives of meaning in the here and now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030342910192,"sku":"9781101870402","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101870402_p0.jpg?v=1763689809","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101870402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}