Spinoza's Religion av Clare Carlisle

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<p><b>A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age</b><br><br>Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In <i>Spinoza¿s Religion</i>, she sets out a bold interpretation of Spinoza through a lucid new reading of his masterpiece, the <i>Ethics</i>. Putting the question of religion centre-stage but refusing to convert Spinozism to Christianity, Carlisle reveals that ¿being in God¿ unites Spinoza¿s metaphysics and ethics. <i>Spinoza¿s Religion</i> unfolds a powerful, inclusive philosophical vision for the modern age¿one that is grounded in a profound questioning of how to live a joyful, fully human life.<br><br>Like Spinoza himself, the <i>Ethics</i> doesn¿t fit into any ready-made religious category. But Carlisle shows how it wrestles with the question of religion in strikingly original ways, responding both critically and constructiv