After God Is.
January 5, 2010
jennleonard
Canadian author David Adams Richards has long been known as of Canada’s most appreciated and loved authors, and I for one, have immensely enjoyed his work. He has reached out to many readers through his recurrent religious thematics, which have always informed his fiction, and now his non-fiction. This was my first time reading a non fiction by him, as he is generally a fictional writer. I was actually quite the skeptic to begin, but I have to say that, after reading the novel I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of emotion and thoughts that this novel evoked in me. In God Is. Richards walks readers through his own rocky relationship with religion, particularly Catholicism and makes quite bold statements regarding his views on Atheism. I think that this is something almost anyone living it today’s world can relate to. Almost every human being has has some sort of contact with this idea of God, whether it be to accept, shun, or ignore it, it is impossible to deny that there is a presence about us. Richards examines these thoughts and feelings people experience through the presence of God in society and primarily examines Atheist theories. Although, central to his fictional literature has been his questioning of God and morality, he feels that Atheist arguments are just ‘conformist’ and ‘insipid’, with very few lacking any support or validity and that his own representation of religion through is writing is more accurate. Richards makes it very clear that, although some may deny the existence of God, it is impossible to fully deny his presence, as it is in the very nature of every person.
I would suggest this book to anyone with an open mind! It will definitely get you thinking and, in such a short read, could open your eyes to things you never noticed were there before.
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