Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Preaface xv
5. Introduction: Types of Atheism 3
6. Dilemma
7. Loaded Questions: Zeus or Prometheus? God or Freedom? 15
8. Prometheus and/or Christ 31
9. The Promethean Spirit 45
10. Unbinding Prometheus
11. Rebirth of Will 65
12. Reason and the Lightbearer 77
13. Romance and the Firekindler 105
14. The End Of Enlightenment
15. The Speculative Death of God: Hegel, Feuerbach 125
16. The Practical Death Of God: Marx, Engels, Lenin 147
17. Re-Visioning Marxism 175
18. The Return Of Idols
19. The Complex of Oedipus - Freud 197
20. The Dance of Dionysus - 215
21. The Work of Sisyphus - Camus 235
22. The Fate of Orestes - Sartre 257
23. Conclusion: Faith beyond Zeus-Prometheus 273
24. Notes
25. Bibliographical Note 295
26. Notes 297
27. Index 359
28. SR Supplements 367