Characters in Search of Their Author

Characters in Search of Their Author

The Gifford Lectures Glasgow 1999-2000 (The Gifford Lectures, 1999-2000)

by Ralph M. McInerny

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"Is the conviction that there is a God the default position of the human mind? This is the suggestion of Vatican II's Gaudium et spes, as well as Cardinal Newman and even St. Thomas Aquinas. But however natural it is for human beings to acknowledge their maker, it seems almost as natural to throw up obstacles between man and God. Characters in Search of Their Author, the Gifford Lectures delivered by Ralph McInerny in Glasgow in 1999-2000, is devoted to clearing away some of these impediments, mainly those fashioned by philosophers."--BOOK JACKET.

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    How does McInerny’s central metaphor of "characters in search of their author" reshape the way you personally view the relationship between humanity and a Creator?

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    In what ways do you think modern philosophy has built "obstacles" between human intuition and the divine, and have you ever encountered these intellectual roadblocks in your own life?

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    McInerny explores the idea that belief in God is a "default position" of the human mind; do you find this argument convincing based on your own observations of human nature and society?

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