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'Our thoughts have implications, they always do, thoughsometimes we do not feel their impress as deeply as we should. Christopher Brittain's sober, sometimes somber, reflection on the lastdecade of thinking on religion and religious thinking--the decade in the wakeof 9/11, and in the shadow of what he rightly sees as the profoundly contestedsymbol of 9/11 --offers us a way more deeply, more fully to feel theweight of our thoughts. It shines a powerful light on our thinking: fueled by engagements with thinkers as diverse as Adorno and Camus, PaulTillich and Bruce Lincoln, and handling all those engagements withsubtlety and grace, this book is truly a light shining in thedarkness, though with a dark light. Accessible and yet profound, charitable but critical, this is a tremendous contribution to thinking about lifein our world today, and as it ever was.'--,

In Religion at Ground Zero, ChristopherBrittain provides moving examples of catastrophic events from the Lisbon earthquake of 1755to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He focuses on conflicting religious and theologicalresponses to those traumatic experiences. Taking up insights of Critical Theoryand Political Theology, Brittain makes a both brilliant and provocative pleafor negative God-talk in a Time of Terror. --,

In Religion at Ground Zero, Christopher Brittain provides moving examples of catastrophic events from the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He focuses on conflicting religious and theological responses to those traumatic experiences. Taking up insights of Critical Theory and Political Theology, Brittain makes a both brilliant and provocative plea for negative God-talk in a Time of Terror. -- Edmund Arens, University of Lucerne, Switzerland Our thoughts have implications, they always do, though sometimes we do not feel their impress as deeply as we should. Christopher Brittain's sober, sometimes somber, reflection on the last decade of thinking on religion and religious thinking--the decade in the wake of 9/11, and in the shadow of what he rightly sees as the profoundly contested symbol of 9/11 --offers us a way more deeply, more fully to feel the weight of our thoughts. It shines a powerful light on our thinking: fueled by engagements with thinkers as diverse as Adorno and Camus, Paul Tillich and Bruce Lincoln, and handling all those engagements with subtlety and grace, this book is truly a light shining in the darkness, though with a dark light. Accessible and yet profound, charitable but critical, this is a tremendous contribution to thinking about life in our world today, and as it ever was. -- Charles Mathewes, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA. Author Christopher Craig Brittain part of a panel on 9/11 on the BBC Radio Wales program All Things Considered. Brittain persuasively reminds us of the need to be aware of our own biases and ideologies when responding to the suffering of other people, and his call for a more negative framework for such responses is one that should not go unheard or unexamined. * Reviews in Religion and Theology, volume 19, issue 4 *

In Religion at Ground Zero, ChristopherBrittain provides moving examples of catastrophic events from the Lisbon earthquake of 1755to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He focuses on conflicting religious and theologicalresponses to those traumatic experiences. Taking up insights of Critical Theoryand Political Theology, Brittain makes a both brilliant and provocative pleafor negative God-talk in a Time of Terror. --Edmund Arens, University of Lucerne, Switzerland In Religion at Ground Zero, Christopher Brittain provides moving examples of catastrophic events from the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 to 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. He focuses on conflicting religious and theological responses to those traumatic experiences. Taking up insights of Critical Theory and Political Theology, Brittain makes a both brilliant and provocative plea for negative God-talk in a Time of Terror. -- Edmund Arens, University of Lucerne, Switzerland--Sanford Lakoff 'Our thoughts have implications, they always do, though sometimes we do not feel their impress as deeply as we should. Christopher Brittain's sober, sometimes somber, reflection on the last decade of thinking on religion and religious thinking--the decade in the wake of 9/11, and in the shadow of what he rightly sees as the profoundly contested symbol of 9/11 --offers us a way more deeply, more fully to feel the weight of our thoughts. It shines a powerful light on our thinking: fueled by engagements with thinkers as diverse as Adorno and Camus, Paul Tillich and Bruce Lincoln, and handling all those engagements with subtlety and grace, this book is truly a light shining in the darkness, though with a dark light. Accessible and yet profound, charitable but critical, this is a tremendous contribution to thinking about life in our world today, and as it ever was.' -- Charles Mathewes, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA.--Sanford Lakoff

'Our thoughts have implications, they always do, though sometimes we do not feel their impress as deeply as we should. Christopher Brittain's sober, sometimes somber, reflection on the last decade of thinking on religion and religious thinking--the decade in the wake of 9/11, and in the shadow of what he rightly sees as the profoundly contested symbol of 9/11 --offers us a way more deeply, more fully to feel the weight of our thoughts. It shines a powerful light on our thinking: fueled by engagements with thinkers as diverse as Adorno and Camus, Paul Tillich and Bruce Lincoln, and handling all those engagements with subtlety and grace, this book is truly a light shining in the darkness, though with a dark light. Accessible and yet profound, charitable but critical, this is a tremendous contribution to thinking about life in our world today, and as it ever was.' -- Charles Mathewes, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Virginia, USA.

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Christopher Craig Brittain is Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, UK.

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