In The Age of Atheists historian Peter Watson explores how people of many varied walks of life dealt with God’s apparent demise and have subsequently gone on to live in a world without gods.Įntirely avoiding the question of whether God actually exists or not, Watson focuses on how those who no longer believed sought to live a life that still held meaning.
Throw in the horrors of World War I and it’s entirely understandable that Western Civilization’s previously solid belief in an all-powerful God was on shaky ground. But it wasn’t until several years after the German philosopher’s death in 1900 that his pronouncement gained widespread recognition and people began to wonder if the traditional Christian God was actually in charge anymore.
The prognosis was terminal when Friedrich Nietzsche first declared “ Gott ist tot” (“God is dead”) in 1882.
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