God Without God Pb Paperback

Michael Hampson states that the Atheist rejects the God who is a “wrathful king” of arbitrary rule and suggests Christians should reject such a king too. He then takes the reader on a tour of the Western/Catholic Christian Tradition and introduces us to Elohim / Yahweh (names used for God in the Old Testament) who is the “Ground of All Being” and whose nature is love. Hampson moves on to show The Holy Trinity as an authentic way of understanding this God and insists that The Eucharist provides the shape for an authentic life in the Trinitarian faith. He deals constructively with the ideas and ideals of Church, Ministry and Sacraments as means by which all life may be valued and affirmed and goes on to outline a thoroughly moral liberal sexual ethic, grounded in the principle of absolute commitment.

Hampson has sought to provide an outline for a credible Christian lifestyle for the 21st Century and a firm spirituality based in the Western/Catholic tradition. Whilst he may not convince highly conservative Protestants (or Catholics, for that matter), be gives an indication of the backbone that is present in a very liberal (Catholic) vision of our Faith.

Mike Kneen, Team Vicar Leominster Priory, Herefordshire