James P. Carse
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James P. Carse is a religious scholar who for many years taught history and literature of religion at New York University
. He does not believe in any God, but describes himself as religious "in the sense that I am endlessly fascinated with the unknowability of what it means to be human, to exist at all."
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. He does not believe in any God, but describes himself as religious "in the sense that I am endlessly fascinated with the unknowability of what it means to be human, to exist at all."
Books
- The Silence of God: Meditations on Prayer (excerpt)
- Death and Existence: A Conceptual History of Human Mortality
- Finite and Infinite GamesFinite and Infinite GamesFinite and Infinite Games is a book by religious scholar James P. Carse. Kevin Kelly has praised it for "alter[ing] my thinking about life, the universe, and everything."-Finite vs. Infinite:...
. New York: Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-34184-8. (online excerpt) - Breakfast at the Victory
- The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple
- The Religious Case Against Belief. New York: The Penguin Press ISBN 978-1-59420-169-1