Does God Exist?: An Answer for Today.

New York, NY Crossroad Books, 1991. Paperback First Edition Thus (1991); unstated but implied: no subsequent printings listed. in accordance with Crossroad's customary practice. First Edition Thus (1991); unstated but implied: no subsequent printings listed. in accordance with Crossroad's customary practice. Very Good+ in Wraps: shows indications of very careful use: just a hint of wear to the extremities, two stress creases to the backstrip; three tiny dots of stain at the lower fore-edge and faint shelf-soiling to the bottom edge of the text block; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing mild wear and minor, unobtrusive flaws. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.25 x 6.15 x 1.75 inches). xxiv, 839 pages. Extensive Notes to the Text and Index. Translated by Edward Quinn. Language: English. Weight: 41 ounces. Trade Paperback. Hans Küng (1928 – 2021) was a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. Küng was ordained a priest in 1954, joined the faculty of the University of Tübingen in 1960, and served as a theological adviser during the Second Vatican Council. In 1978, after he rejected the doctrine of papal infallibility, he was not allowed to continue teaching as a Catholic theologian, but he remained at Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology until he retired with the title professor emeritus in 1996. He remained a Catholic priest until his death. He supported the spiritual substance of religion, while questioning traditional dogmatic Christianity. This book is really part of a trilogy - the other two books being On Being a Christian and The Incarnation of God - and is one of the best treatments of the question of God's existence in light of the philosophical, political and religious debates and ideas that have been going on since the time of Descartes. Kung takes us into not only the thought, but also the life of various philosophers and the impact that their life had on their philosophical ideas. The question of what questions are open as a result of the undecidability theorem of Godel on one hand, and the questions raised about physical reality by quantum mechanics on the other, provide a critical crucible to reexamine the question of God's existence.