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De Gruyter Platonische Ideen in der arabischen Philosophie: Texte und Materialien zur Begriffsgeschichte von suwar aflatuniyya und muthul aflatuniyya
Book SynopsisDer Einfluss der platonischen Ideenlehre umfasst nahezu alle Epochen und zahlreiche Disziplinen der westlichen Philosophiegeschichte. Kaum bekannt ist, dass auch arabisch und persisch schreibende Philosophen zu allen Zeiten „Platonische Ideen“ und „Platonische Urbilder“ diskutierten, obwohl ihnen die platonischen Dialoge selbst nicht zugänglich waren. Die vorliegende Studie untersucht, in welcher Weise und auf welchen Grundlagen diese islamischen Konzeptionen „Platonischer Ideen“ ohne jegliche Rückbindung an das platonische Œuvre doktrinal gefüllt wurden. Der erste, begriffsgeschichtliche Teil geht terminologischen und systematischen Fragen der arabisch-islamischen Auseinandersetzung mit diesen Konzeptionen in zahlreichen Werken aus dem 9. bis 17. Jahrhundert nach, darunter solchen von al-Farabi und Avicenna. Im zweiten Teil werden einige der relevanten arabischen Texte erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung zugänglich gemacht. Die Studie eröffnet damit auch dem Nichtarabisten einen ersten Einblick in einen bisher unerforschten Zweig der Rezeptionsgeschichte des Platonismus, der zugleich ein integraler Bestandteil der islamischen Geistesgeschichte ist.
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De Gruyter Richard Swinburne: Christian Philosophy in a
Book SynopsisRichard Swinburne is one of the most influential contemporary proponents of the analytical philosophy of religion. He is, above all, a traditional theist, i.e. he believes, that there exists an eternal, uncreated and immaterial perfect soul called “God” which is omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly free, morally perfect and the creator and sustainer of the universe. However, his interests are very wide-ranging. He has written on almost every central theological and philosophical issue such as epistemology, metaphysics, theory of mind and ethics. Swinburne is particularly well-known for his perceptive defence of, some would say “time-honoured”, others may prefer “old-fashioned”, philosophical doctrines. During the “Münstersche Vorlesungen 2007” students and faculty members from Münster entered into a skilful and interesting discussion concerning most of Swinburne’s positions.
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De Gruyter Der Mut Zum Sein
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De Gruyter Nietzsche's Gods: Critical and Constructive Perspectives
The place (or absence) of God in Nietzsche’s thought remains central and controversial. Nietzsche’s proclamation of 'the death of God' is one of the most famous (and parodied) slogans in modern philosophy, seeming to encapsulate the nineteenth-century loss of religious faith in the affirmation that God has "turned out to be our oldest lie" and yet the nature of Nietzsche’s own ‘theology’ is far from clear. This volume engages with Nietzsche’s arguments about God, theology, and religion. The volume extends the discussion to an engagement of Nietzsche with alternative models of God, with ancient Greek religions, and with discussions of diversity (race, class, gender, sex) in dis/conjunction with religion. The chapters examine Nietzsche’s genealogy of religion and his claims about the place of God and theology in the history of Western thought ("that faith of the Christians, which was also Plato’s faith"), as well as his engagements with alternative conceptions of God. The volume also examines the historical and contemporary reception of Nietzsche’s arguments about God by religious and non-religious thinkers, asking to what extent Nietzsche’s philosophy of God speaks to the challenges of today's globalized philosophy and religion.
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de Gruyter Nietzsches Gods
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De Gruyter Lessings exoterische Verteidigung der Orthodoxie
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De Gruyter Freiheit und Rationalität
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de Gruyter Bedeutsamkeit. Studien Zu Einem Grundbegriff
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De Gruyter Friedrich Schleiermacher zwischen Reform und
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De Gruyter Kommunikation in Philosophie, Religion Und
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De Gruyter Paul Tillich in Dresden
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De Gruyter La Table des rois
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de Gruyter The Credibility of Science and Religion
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de Gruyter Violence and Nihilism
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De Gruyter LOptique Dans lInde Islamique Au Xviie Siècle
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Humor und Religiosität in der Moderne
Book SynopsisDer Band enthält die Beiträge einer Tagung zum Verhältnis von Humor und Religiosität in der Moderne.Zwischen einer humorvollen Sichtweise auf die Welt, die dieser trotz Widrigkeiten eine heitere Seite abgewinnen kann, und der religiösen Vermittlung von Transzendenz und Immanenz lassen sich diverse Verbindungen erkennen. Unter diesem Aspekt werden hier kanonische und vernachlässigte Humor-Theorien und humoristische Kunstwerke betrachtet – von Jean Paul, Hegel und E.T.A Hoffmann, über Kierkegaard, Moritz Lazarus und Freud, bis zur Bewährungsprobe humoristischer Verfahrensweisen unter der Herrschaft des Nationalsozialismus. Die kontroverse Idealisierung der Realität durch Humor erscheint auf diese Weise auch als eine Ausformung der umfassenderen Fragestellung, wie Religiosität unter den Bedingungen der Moderne redlich zum Ausdruck gebracht werden kann, angesichts der Entfremdung von und Kritik an institutionalisierter Religion.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- 1. Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man lachen. Über das Verhältnis der beiden Haltungen von Humor und Religiosität zueinander.- 2. Psychologische/anthropologische Aspekte des (großen) Humors.- 3. „um Ernst, nicht um Spiel wird gespielt.“ Jean Pauls Humorkonzept vor dem Hintergrund Jacobis.- 4. Der Teufel als „whimsical man“.- 5. E. T. A. Hoffmanns Prinzessin Brambilla als Apotheose der (früh)romantischen Transzendentalpoesie oder: Vom Humor als erlösender Kraft.- 6. Humor and Truth in Shafesbury, Hamann, and Kierkegaard.- 7. Hamann und das Burleske.- 8. „Der Humor ist die Religion des Geistes“. Zur Psychologie und Anthropologie des Humors bei Moritz Lazarus.- 9. Komik und Humor bei Hermann Cohen.- 10. Warum die Versöhnung auf dem Spiel steht. Nietzsches radikale Philosophie des Lachens.- 11. „Es ist nicht alles Talmi, was glänzt.“ Zum Verhältnis von Humor und Verklärung.- 12. Religion und Humor in der klassischen Moderne (Kafka, Musil, Thomas Mann).- 13. Humor als Subversion im Kreis der Hartlaubs.- 14. Grob, fein oder göttlich? Die Musik Schumanns und Mahlers zwischen Humor und Religiosität.
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J.B. Metzler Religionsphilosophie nach Pascal
Book SynopsisTeil I: Hermeneutische Zugänge.- Die Frundamente einer Apologie des Christentums bei Blaise Pascal.- Pascal et son interlocuteur.- Das Herz hat seine Gründe Gedanken zu Pascals Logik des Herzens.- Pascals Wettargument: Was aus der entscheidungstheoretischen Orthodoxie zu lernen ist.- Das Herz als Medium der Welt- und Gottesbeziehung Impulse Blaise Pascals zur Überwindung eines reduktionistischen Menschenbildes und Wissenschaftsverständnisses.- Teil II: Systematische Perspektiven.- Situiertheit der Vernunft und Rationalität des Glaubens Zur religionsphilosophischen Bedeutung von Pascals humane approach.- Heidegger und Pascal.- Pascal und die Destruktion der Metaphysik: Blumenberg und Derrida im Vergleich.- Pascal als Vordenker einer anderen Moderne.- Personenregister.- Sachregister.
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Aarhus University Press Mythology and Nation Building: N.F.S. Grundtvig
Book SynopsisStories of gods, heroes and monsters permeated discourses of national selfhood in the nineteenth century. During this tumultuous time, Europe’s modern nations arose from the misty waters of long-forgotten national pasts – or so was the perception at the time. Each embedded in their particular national and political contexts, towering cultural figures – N.F.S. Grundtvig, Jacob Grimm, Jonás Halgrímsson, William Morris, Adam Oehlenschläger and many more – were catalysts for the formation of national discourses of belonging, built upon the mythological story-worlds of Europe’s non-classical vernacular pasts.This interdisciplinary book offers new perspectives on the uses of pre-Christian mythologies in the formation of national communities in nineteenth-century Northern and Western Europe. Through theoretical articles and case studies, it puts forth new understandings of how cultural thinkers across Europe utilized pre-Christian mythologies as symbolic resources in the forging of national communities. Perceptions of national identity were thus shaped, many of which are still at play today.
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NIAS Press A Poisonous Cocktail?: Aum Shinrikyo's Path to Violence
Book SynopsisThis highly acclaimed study describes Aum Shinrikyo's history, examines the various conflicts it was involved in, and discusses the contents of Asahara's sermons and prophecies. Reader suggests that the Aum case is not unique but similar to other cases of religious violence.The March 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway system killed 12 people and injured thousands. Massive police raids and the subsequent investigation linked this attack (plus a variety of other criminal activities including murders) to Aum Shinrikyo, a small religious movement whose leader, Asahara Shoko, had prophesied that Armageddon was at hand.Many questions have been raised by the Aum affair. What were Aum's spiritual roots and the focus of Asahara's teaching? Why did a religious movement ostensibly focused on yoga, meditation, asceticism and the pursuit of enlightenment become involved in violent activities? What factors brought Aum into conflict with society at large, caused it to believe it was the victim of a huge conspiracy to destroy it, and impelled it to experiment with making nerve gasses, build weapons and form its own 'alternative government'?Ian Reader examines these questions by describing Aum's history, examining the various conflicts it was involved in, and discussing the contents of Asahara's sermons and prophesies. In so doing, he points to a combination of factors which together took Aum down a path of violence. Suggesting that the Aum case is not unique, he shows how it displays similarities with other cases of violence and conflict among religious and political movements in Japan and elsewhere.
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Manohar Publishers and Distributors Outlines of Indian Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis book is highly recommended for those interested in the complexities of Indian philosophies and the problems associated with their assessment.
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Zubaan From Possession to Freedom – The Journey of
Book SynopsisThe Tamil text Nilakeci, published between the first and fifth centuries, deals with Jaina philosophy through the use of an unusual literary technique: retrieving a pey, or possessing spirit (usually a woman), from the folk tradition and casting it in a new image. Thus a demon becomes a philosopher, for example and if that is possible, then anyone can transform themselves into someone new, a redeemed self, by following the Jaina tenets. This is a profoundly subversive idea within the tradition, as is the use in Nilakeci of a female persona to debate with the most prominent teachers, all but one of them male, from the various schools of thought prevalent at the time. This book places Nilakeci within a historical context while nonetheless maintaining its status as a singular, radical work, using translations of selected excerpts to make a powerful case.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Saint Paul and the Education Encounter: Lessons
Book SynopsisThis book connects the Biblical Paul’s work as an educator with the revival of interest in Paul’s impact on contemporary social and cultural experience, sometimes referred to as ‘Paul’s new moment’. It presents Paul's letters as being the testament of an educator who brought a radical emancipatory approach to the communities with whom he lived and worked. The book draws on history, philosophy, New Testament studies, and social theory to present the case for Paul as the initiator of a pedagogy of the event. This book explores the concept of a pedagogy of the event, and provides a case study of success in its implementation.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Re-conceptualizing Paul as the first educator of the first millennium.- 2. Understanding event and its possibility.- 3. Ekklēsia – education communities that respond to an event.- 4. relationships at the foundation of an event.- 5. Pedagogy of the event as an evolving pedagogy.- 6. Pedagogy of the event as a new ethic for educators.
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Springer Verlag, Singapore History of the Development of Chinese Chan
Book SynopsisThe book aims to describe the history of Chan (Japanese Zen) School thought from the standpoint of social history. Chan, a school of East Asian Buddhism, was influential on all levels of societies in the region because of its intellectual and aesthetic appeal. In China, Chan infiltrated all levels of society, mainly because it engaged with society and formed the mainstream of Buddhism from the tenth or eleventh centuries through to the twentieth century. This book, taking a critical stance, examines the entire history of Chan thought and practice from the viewpoint of a modern Chinese scholar, not a practitioner, but an intellectual historian who places ideological developments in social contexts. The author suggests that core elements of Chan have their origins in Daoist philosophers, especially Zhuangzi, and not in Indian Buddhist concepts. Covering the period from the sixth century into the twentieth century, it deals with Chan interactions with neo-Confucianism, Quanzhen Daoism, and Gongyang new text philology, as well as with literature and scholarship, its fusion with Pure Land Buddhism, and its syncretic tendencies. Chan’s exchanges with emperors from the Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasty, as well as the motives of some loyalists of the Ming Dynasty for joining Chan after the fall of the Ming, are described. The book concludes with an examination of the views of Chan of Hu Shi, D.T. Suzuki, and the scholar-monk Yinshun.Table of ContentsPreface. Forward. Section 1 The Formation and Branching of Chan Thought Chapter 1: An Investigation of Chan.Chapter 2: The Foundations and Formation of Chan Thought Chapter 3: The Branching of Chan Thought Section 2 The Synthesis and Infiltration of Song-period Chan Thought Chapter 4: An Outline of the Song-dynasty Chan School Chapter 5: The Tolerant Cooperation and Interpenetration of Chan Thought Part 1: Yanshou’s Convergence of Chan, Pure Land, and Doctrine. Part 2: Qisong’s Chan Thought that Unified Confucianism and Buddhism.Chapter 6. From Shanzhao to Chongxian’s Songgu baize (Hundred Old Cases with Hymns)Part 1: Shanzhao and the Beginnings of Hymns on Old Cases (songgu).Part 2. Chongxian’s Hymns on Old Cases and Their Successes and Failures.Part 3. Keqin’s Biyan lu (Blue Cliff Record) and the Deluge of Lettered Chan.Part 4. Huihong and Lettered Chan.Chapter 7. The Branch Roads in the Development of Chan Thought: Kanhua Chan and Silent Illumination Chan Part 1. Zonggao and kanhua Chan.Part 2. Zhengjue and Silent Illumination Chan.Part 3. Criticisms of kanhua Chan and Silent Illumination Chan.Chapter 8. Researches on Chan History and Chan Learning.Part 1. Zanning’s Chan History and Chan Learning.Part 2. Puji and the Wudeng huiyuan. Appendix. The Disputes over the Change of Affiliation to the Legitimate Lineage of Yunmen Chapter 9. The Attractive Force of Chan Learning and Its Outwards Diffusion.Part 1. The Chan Learning of the Gentry.Part 2. The Chan Learning of the Lixue Neo-Confucians. A.Part 3. The Chan Learning of the Lixue Scholars B.Part 4. Poetry, Poetics, and Chan Learning.Section 3 The Changes in Yuan and Ming Chan ThoughtChapter 10. The Vicissitudes of Chan Learning in the Early Yuan. Part 1. Wansong Xingxiu and the Evaluations (pingchang) of the Yuan Period. Part 2. The Chan of the Early Yuan Gentry and the Sanjiao pingxin lun.Part 3. The Dispute Between the Chan-influenced Quanzhen and the Chan Way. A.. Part 4. The Dispute Between the Chan-influenced Quanzhen and the Chan Way. Chapter 11. The Origins and Spread of Nianfo Chan.Part 1. Mingben’s This Mind is Buddha Nianfo Chan.Part 2. Weize’s Outward Chan and Inward Pure Land of the Imperishable Soul Part 3. Fanqi and His Pure Land Faith.Part 4. Zhuhong and His Theory of Rebirth in the Pure Land by the Joint Practice of Chan and Pure Land Chapter 12. The Lettered Chan that Blends the Three Religions Part 1. Zhenke’s Lettered Prajñā that Blends the Various Schools Part 2. Deqing and his Mengyu quanji (Complete Works of Dream Travels) that Survey the Three Essentials Part 3. Yuanlai’s Canchan jingyu (Warning Words on Investigating Chan) and Yuanxian’s Yiyan (Dream Words) that is the Chan that Saves Confucianism.Chapter 13: Wang Yangming Chan and the Escapist Chan of the Gentry. Part 1: The Chan Learning of the Early-Ming Grand Confucians and the Vanguard of Yangming-Chan Part 2. The Great Vehicle of Confucianism: Yangming-Chan.Part 3. The Descendants of Yangming-Chan.Part 4: The Delight in Chan of the End of the Ming Confucians and the Gentry Escape into Chan Chapter 14. Lineage Disputes and the Books on Chan Learning. Part 1. Fazang’s Wuzong yuan (On the Origins of the Five Lineages) and Yuanwu’s Three Treatises of Biwang (Exorcising Falsity) Part 2. Luo Qinshun’s Du Foshu bian (Judgements on Reading Buddhist Books) and Qu Ruji’s Zhiyue lu (Records of Pointing at the Moon) Part 3. Monk Biographies and Lamplight Records.Section 4 The Turn Towards the Human World of Qing-dynasty Chan Thought Chapter 15. The Early Qing Monk Disputes and Yongzheng’s Protection of the Dharma.Part 1. The Linji Chan Masters of the Early Qing (A) Part 2. The Linji Chan Masters of the Early Qing (B) Part 3. The Caodong Chan Masters of the Early Qing. Part 4. Yongzheng’s Chan Learning and His Jianmo bianyi lu. Chapter 16. The Qing Confucians’ Sublation and Reformation of Chan Learning. Part 1. Early Qing Practical Learning and Dai Zhen’s Criticism of Chan Learning. Part 2. The Early Qing Confucians and Peng Shaosheng’s Praise of Chan Learning. Part 3. The New Text Classicists’ Use of Their Own Ideas to Promote or Dismiss Chan Learning and Their Use of Chan Learning. Chapter 17. The Particpatory Spirit of the Chan Monks of the End of the Qing and the Early Republican Period Part 1. The Four Great Venerable Elders of the End of the Qing, and Others.Part 2. Jing’an’s Chan Poetry on Protecting the Teachings and Loving the Country and Taixu’s Buddhist Reform Movement Section 5 A Comparison of Research into the Chan School in Recent Times: A Contemporary Explanation of Chan Chapter 18. A Comparison of the Genesis of the Research into the Chan School by Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun.Chapter 19. A Comparison of the Core Concepts of the Chan Learning of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun Chapter 20: A Comparison of the Research Methodology of the Chan Learning of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and YinshunChapter 21. A Comparison of Concrete Problems in the Research on the History of the Chan School of Hu Shi, Suzuki Daisetsu, and Yinshun. Postscript Conventions. Further Reading
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Experiment The Jewish Way to a Good Life
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Hardpress Publishing The Science of Natural Theology Or God the Unconditioned Cause and God the Infinite and Perfect as Revealed in Creation 1
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Hardpress Publishing Natural Theology Or Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity 1
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Fragmenta Editorial La Prosa de la Vida: Fragmentos Filos�ficos II
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Fragmenta Editorial, SL Ángeles o robots
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Fragmenta Editorial, SL Cómo santa Teresa me acompañó al sufismo
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Almuzara Breve Historia de la Filosofia Islamica
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Fragmenta Editorial El Islam Hoy Algunos Aspectos Controvertidos
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Xordica Editorial Oscura turba
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Fragmenta Editorial, SL Los Maestros de La Sospecha Marx Nietzsche Freud
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Taylor & Francis Introduction to Philosophy of Religion
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Oxford University Press Inc Women of Principle
Book SynopsisThis book offers an in-depth study of the female experience in one Mormon polygynous community, the Apostolic United Brethren. Women in such rigid, patriarchal religious groups are commonly portrayed as the oppressed, powerless victims of male domination. Janet Bennion show, however, that the reality is far more complex. Many women converts are attracted to this group, and they are much more likely than male converts to remain there. Often these women are seeking improved socio-economic status for themselves and their children, as well as an escape from their marginalized status in the mainstream Mormon church. In the polygynous group women experience rapid assimilation, autonomy, and upward mobility. Bennion supports her study with narratives from the lives of women now living in the group--narratives that clearly reveal why many mainstream Mormon women are viewing polygyny as a viable alternative to the difficulties to single-motherhood, spinsterhood, poverty, and emotional deprivatiTrade ReviewUsing narratives from women in the Allred Mormom community, Bennion is able to show a variety of women's experiences, voices, and realities which reveal the positive and negative aspects of polygyny for these Mormon women. Women of Principle is a provocative study that will be of great interest to students and scholars of religion, anthropology, and gender studies. * Center for Women and Religion Newsletter *
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Oxford University Press, USA Religious Ambiguity and Religious Diversity
Book SynopsisThis book is built around the two themes of religious ambiguity and religious diversity. Robert McKim first asks whether the religious traditions can account for the fact that the beliefs that they wish their adherents to accept are not clearly true. He then explores the significnace for religious belief of the fact that there are so many competing religious traditions. A central thesis of the book is that beliefs about religious matters ought to be held tentatively, with an awareness that the beliefs in question may be wrong. This applies to the beliefs of theists, of atheists, and of members of non-theistic religions alike. McKim attempts to show the validity of this thesis by applying it to the theistic problem of the ''hiddenness'' of God: that is, the question why, if God exists, it is not clear to everyone that this is so.Trade ReviewThe discussion throughout is of high quality and extremely detailed * Peter Byrne, Religious Studies *Students and scholars in the philosophy of religion will be indebted to McKim's exploration of the literature on divine hiddenness. I find the conclusion he draws from it compelling * Peter Byrne, Religious Studies *Table of ContentsPart I: The Hiddenness of God 1 The Hiddenness of God: Introduction 2 God's Hiddenness and the Possibility of Moral Action 3 God's Hiddenness, Freedom to Believe, and Attitude Problems 4 Trust and Other Goods of Mystery 5 The Hiddenness of God and Arguments for Atheism 6 The Hiddenness of God: Implications Part II: Religious Diversity 7 Religious Diversity: Introduction 8 The Critical Stance I: Tentative Religious Belief 9 The Critical Stance II: Arguments and Objections 10 Religious Experience and Religious Belief 11 Alston on Religious Experience Notes Index
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Oxford University Press Inc TWELVE EXAMPLES OF ILLUSION C
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Oxford University Press Theism Atheism and Big Bang Cosmology
Book SynopsisContemporary science presents us with the remarkable theory that the universe began to exist about fifteen billion years ago with a cataclysmic explosion called `the Big Bang''. The question of whether Big Bang cosmology supports theism or atheism has long been a matter of discussion among the general public and in popular science books, but has received scant attention from philosophers. This book sets out to fill this gap by means of a sustained debate between two philosophers, William Lane Craig and Quentin Smith, who defend opposing positions. Craig argues that the Big Bang that began the universe was created by God, while Smith argues that the Big Bang has no cause. The book consists of alternating chapters by Craig and Smith, with each chapter being either a criticism of a preceding chapter or being criticized by a subsequent chapter. Part One consists of Craig''s arguments that the past is necessarily finite and that God created the Big Bang, and Smith''s criticisms of these argTrade Review'stimulating book ... The discussions take full account of recent scientific developments in cosmology and quantum gravity, and are articulated with great philosophical sophistication. They have raised the discussion to a higher though somewhat less accessible place than is to tbe found in numerous popular accounts of modern cosmology.' Peter E. Hodgson, Oxford University, International Philosophical QuarterlyThe book represents a bold attempt to open a new discussion in philosophy of science (and religion). The breadth of the debate is impressive ... The book contains much of interest, not merely to philosophers, but also to scientists and theologians. * International Studies in the Philosophy of Science *Until the publication of this volume, there has been no easily accessible single volume offering a well-informed technical discussion of the issues involved ... It is very clearly written. Readers need not be daunted by pages of mathematical and logical symbols. The most technical parts may be omitted without losing the thread of the argument and the authors have helpfully provided non-technical appendices to assist the non-mathematicians among their readers. Also very helpful are the comprehensive footnotes that make this book an invaluable tool for anyone who is seriously interested in these questions ... this volume will be a stimulus to a great deal more careful thought on these matters. * Theology in Green *Craig and Smith have...produced one of the most important, interesting, and illuminating...treatises in the philosophy of religion that has appeared in print for many years. * International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *An exhaustive examination of the argument for and against the existence of God in the light cast upon this conflict of thought by modern knowledge of the Universe ... a medium of profound thought. * Bible Study Monthly *This book is an important and intriguing debate between Craig, an unshakable theist, and Smith who is equally firm in his unbelief. A brief review can do nothing like justice to the richness of Theism, Atheism, and Big Bang Cosmology. Perhaps the book's most striking feature is the amount of pioneering work it contains. Remarkably few philosophers discuss cosmology's implications for theism. * John Leslie, University of Guelph, Zygon, June 1996 *The focus of the volume is quite sharp ... thanks to some good adaptations and the fact that Craig and Smith sometimes engaged each other in the original articles. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *A fascinating book. There is much wisdom in preparing a book in which two scholars interact from differing points of view ... I highly recommend this book to intelligent readers interested in the origin of the universe. * Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith *Those frustrated with the many apparently intransigent philosophical unclarities surrounding the issue of the status of big bang cosmology as evidence for a creator will be delighted to read this volume. * Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
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OUP Oxford Ohb 19c Christian Thought Ohbk C
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Oxford University Press David Hume A Dissertation on the Passions The Natural History of Religion
Book SynopsisDavid Hume (1711-1776) is one of the greatest of philosophers. Today he probably ranks highest of all British philosophers in terms of influence and philosophical standing. His philosophical work ranges across morals, the mind, metaphysics, epistemology, religion, and aesthetics; he had broad interests not only in philosophy as it is now conceived but in history, politics, economics, religion, and the arts. He was a master of English prose. The Clarendon Hume Edition will include all of his works except his History of England and minor historical writings. It is the only thorough critical edition, and will provide a far more extensive scholarly treatment than any previous editions. This edition (which has been in preparation since the 1970s) offers authoritative annotation, bibliographical information, and indexes, and draws upon the major advances in textual scholarship that have been made since the publication of earlier editions--advances both in the understanding of editorial princTable of ContentsTEXTS; EDITORIAL MATERIAL
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology
Book SynopsisPhilosophical theology is aimed primarily at theoretical understanding of the nature and attributes of God and of God''s relationship to the world and its inhabitants. During the twentieth century, much of the philosophical community (both in the Anglo-American analytic tradition and in Continental circles) had grave doubts about our ability to attain any such understanding. In recent years the analytic tradition in particular has moved beyond the biases that placed obstacles in the way of the pursuing questions located on the interface of philosophy and religion. The result has been a rebirth of serious, widely-discussed work in philosophical theology. The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical Theology attempts both to familiarize readers with the directions in which this scholarship has gone and to pursue the discussion into hitherto under-examined areas. Written by some of the leading scholars in the field, the essays in the Handbook are grouped in five sections. In the first (TheologicaTrade ReviewThis is an exciting reference work that will be of value both to those who are already interested in philosophical theology and those who might find fruitful material for their own work in philosophy of religion, metaphysics, epistemology and other central areas of philosophy. * David S. Oderberg, Times Literary Supplement *substantial and beautifully produced volume * Gordon Graham, Scottish Journal of Theology *Table of ContentsI. THEOLOGICAL PROLEGOMENA; II. DIVINE ATTRIBUTES; III. GOD AND CREATION; IV. TOPICS IN CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY; V. NON-CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
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Taylor & Francis Exploring the Philosophy of Religion
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Taylor & Francis Barths Ontology of Sin and Grace
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Taylor & Francis Religious Studies and the Goal of Interdisciplinarity Routledge Focus on Religion
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