A History of an Invisible God Seen through Religion and Western Thought

Abstract

This paper serves to discuss religion and argues for the existence of the supernatural/transcendental. The argument stems from an overwhelming amount of evidence - in the form of religious practice and thought - from congeries of communities and cultures, across a vast span of time (arguably all of human history), the world over. Each community has grappled with the transcendental, something beyond the world hic et nunc. I will begin by defining religion - the lens through which we shall perceive who or what we perceive to be God, or the "spiritual". I will then explore various thoughts that have been espoused at junctures in human history both in religion and some of the philosophical thought that has commented on God and religion.