"Religion," this book begins, "is a mistrusted word now," and Nicholas Mosley, in this engaging meditation, seeks to repair that trust. Rather than trying to convince or compel the reader to accept his beliefs, he describes how religion functions in the modern world. Elsewhere, Mosley has written, "There is a subject nowadays which is taboo in the way that sexuality was once taboo, which is to talk about life as if it had any meaning." In this book, he describes religion as the source of that meaning. Despair is the ...
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"Religion," this book begins, "is a mistrusted word now," and Nicholas Mosley, in this engaging meditation, seeks to repair that trust. Rather than trying to convince or compel the reader to accept his beliefs, he describes how religion functions in the modern world. Elsewhere, Mosley has written, "There is a subject nowadays which is taboo in the way that sexuality was once taboo, which is to talk about life as if it had any meaning." In this book, he describes religion as the source of that meaning. Despair is the fashionable attitude, but it is one Mosley, here and in his many novels, rejects in favor of a cautious optimism. He writes not to persuade, but to explain a worldview that is refreshing for the hope and intelligence it contains.
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Sex began in 1963 between Lady Chaterly and the Beetles first LP. Christian Britain also died, as explained by Callum Brown in his brilliantly insightful book 'Death of Christian Britain'. What has this got to do with Mosley? Well he was clinging to the wreckage of his faith in 1965 and came up with this offering. On the fly leaf his dedication to his then wife was "We have got to say something to our children". The something turned out to be 'There is no one out there and your mother and I are going our separate ways.' That said it is always interesting to read Mosley and no more so than when he is struggling with his inner conflicts. In the end reason won the day.
