FROM BELIEF TO UNBELIEF AND BACK TO BELIEF - A RESPONSE TO RUSE,MICHAEL

Michael Ruse's rejection of religious belief is questioned at two leve ls. First, on the metaethical level of analysis, evolutionary ethics c annot account for moral behavior that is based on a ''strong version'' of the Love Command. Second, agnosticism is discussed as a form of be lief. Insights from religious forms of life that are inclusive, plural istic, and expansive are contrasted with exclusivistic, closed, and fu ndamentalist forms of religion in order to develop criteria for '' gen uine religion. '' Theistic agnosticism is presented as a prolegomena t o belief.