The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality – By Andre Comte-Sponville

✍ Scribed by Jim Gilman

• Book ID: 111381472
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 65 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0319-485X
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0922.2009.01342_2.x

✦ Synopsis

Chapter six provides an interesting discussion on the sovereignty of God and the necessity of Christ. Wright, in affirming that the "ontological necessity of Christ" does not require an "epistemological necessity of Christ," entertains optimistic soteriological possibilities for the fate of the unevangelized. The strength of the book is found in its global, dynamic, and universal view of salvation that conceives the grace of God as operative in the midst of, or in spite of, the religions. However, its weakness may be seen in its neglect of pneumatology to help bear out this relationship between grace and the religions. Nevertheless, the book remains highly recommended as a valuable resource for soteriological studies in a global perspective.