ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a description of the author's personal experiences with religion and God and his quest to understand the nature of religions and the gods. The chapter describes the author's encounters with doubters and knowers, and his introduction to the cultures of reasoning in his family, in books, and in the schools. The nature and issues surrounding the concepts of sacred and profane are discussed, and the author reviews contributions to the “after God” and “after the death of God” movements. These movements offer alternative visions of the future of God some of which sustain the historical God of the Bible.
