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Xlibris Us Transonics: Developing a New World Consciousness
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Regnery Publishing Inc Science in an Age of Unreason
Book SynopsisScience is undergoing an identity crisis! A renown psychologist and biologist diagnoses our age of wishful, magical thinking and blasts out a clarion call for a return to reason and the search for objective knowledge and truth. Fans of Matt Ridley and Nicholas Wade will adore this trenchant meditation and call to action.Science is in trouble. Real questions in desperate need of answers—especially those surrounding ethnicity, gender, climate change, and almost anything related to ‘health and safety’—are swiftly buckling to the fiery societal demands of what ought to be rather than what is. These foregone conclusions may be comforting, but each capitulation to modernity’s whims threatens the integrity of scientific inquiry. Can true, fact-based discovery be redeemed? In Science in an Age of Unreason, legendary professor of psychology and biology, John Staddon, unveils the identity crisis afflicting today’s scientific community, and provides an actionable path to recovery. With intellectual depth and literary flair, Staddon answers pressing questions, including: Is science, especially the science of evolution, a religion? Can ethics be derived from science at all? How sound is social science, particularly surrounding today’s most controversial topics? How can passions be separated from facts? Informed by decades of expertise, Science in an Age of Unreason is a clarion call to rebirth academia as a beacon of reason and truth in a society demanding its unconditional submission.
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Equinox Publishing Ltd The Limits of Discursive Interpretation
Book SynopsisSadr al-Din Qunawi (d. 1274) is arguably the most important thinker of the generation following the main founders of medieval philosophy--al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn ''Arabi and Suhravardi--and before Mulla Sadra. Yet, almost nothing of his writings has been translated into English. In this influential work he independently explores speech (divine and human) as the unfolding relationality of knowing and being. This is the first annotated translation of his magnum opus The Limits of Discursive Interpretation. The Translator''s introduction and notes shed a detailed light on the linguistic sources of Qunawi''s lexicon. The Introduction also summarizes the key ideas of the book and explains their significance to philosophy. In Part One Qunawi begins by arguing that the failure of theoretical proofs to establish the reality of a thing does not itself disprove that reality. He elucidates the canons of thinking in relation to ''tasting'' (experience) and the question of the ''realities of things'' where knowing and being unfold dynamically from their ''root'' in divine hiddenness and manifestation. He goes on to detail the concepts and the rules of relational subordination that govern these realities according to rootedness and mutual distinctions. Many of these tools are derived from linguistics, which the translator brings to bear on Qunawi''s work for the first time. They enable him to transform the narrow sense in which Ibn Sina declared man incapable of grasping the realities of things. In the end, according to Qunawi, without a proper understanding of rootedness as the source of the realities'' mutual distinctions, thinking remains relational, unequal to the thinking subject''s goal of self-realization and incapable of fully rendering the real (not to be confused with empirical facticity) without folding back on itself. In Part Two he details the semiology by which, not only the contents of the Qur''an but, primarily the ontological dimensions of God''s speech are disclosed as the veiling and unveiling, exteriorization and interiorization of being.
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Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd A Blade of Grass
Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book addresses some of the most fundamental questions of human existence and our relationship with God and the world around us.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Derrida on Religion: Thinker of Differance
Book SynopsisJacques Derrida is widely regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century. His thinking has radically transformed scholarship and critical practice across the Humanities and Social Sciences. 'Derrida on Religion' offers students an overview of Derrida's many influential writings on religion and also explores the potential of Derrida's methodologies for the study of religion. This is an essential textbook for any student who wants to explore the impact of Derrida's critical theory and practice on the study of religion.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Selected works by Jacques Derrida 1. Inheriting Derrida 2. Biography 3. Key Terms 4. Key Texts 5. Derrida's Religion 6. Derrida and Religion 7. Legacies Glossary
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Wild Goose Publications Pathways for Pilgrims: Discovering the
Book SynopsisPathways for Pilgrims is a timely resource for individuals and groups wishing to explore this integrated approach to spirituality.
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Rudolf Steiner Press From Jesus to Christ
Book SynopsisIn these enlightening lectures, Rudolf Steiner shows how the Mystery of Golgotha' (his term for the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ) can be understood asthepivotal event in human history, and the Gospels as initiation documents' that can serve to guide us on a path of spiritual development.
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BOA Editions, Limited The Boatloads
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Dordt College Press Los Patrones de la Mente Occidental: Una
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Suluk Press, Omega Publications No God or Only God
Book SynopsisWhat is God and how do we make God a reality???Is God an outdated idea? Or is God all there is? For the seeker, when the word God is spoken, these questions arise. They can't be settled by the mind but need to sink deeper into the heart. To make God a living reality, it is up to us to discover and fall in love with our own ideal. God is a seed within that grows and blossoms by our care.With an open heart, an appreciation of beauty, and a desire to peer behind the surface in everything, we are ready to pass through the door. Transcendence in the form of concentration on an ideal, on perfection, allows us to see sacredness in nature and in ourselves. It is hidden beneath the surface. It can be seen by those who have eyes and heart to see. Such transcendence prepares us to experience true immanence, the presence of God in ordinary life.W. H. S. Gebel
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Monkfish Book Publishing Company Fundamentals of the Process of Spiritual
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WestBow Press God Knows: Wisdom for Everyday Living
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Law, Religion and Tradition
Book SynopsisThis book explores different theories of law, religion, and tradition, from both a secular and a religious perspective. It reflects on how tradition and change can affect religious and secular legal reasoning, identifying the patterns of legal evolution within religious and secular traditions.It is often taken for granted that, even in law, change corresponds and correlates to progress – that things ought to be changed and they will necessarily get better. There is no doubt that legal changes over the centuries have made it possible to enhance the protection of individual rights and to somewhat contain the possibility of tyranny and despotism. But progress is not everything in law: stability and certainty lie at the core of the rule of law. Similarly, religions and religious laws could not survive without traditions; and yet, they still evolve, and their evolution is often intermingled with secular law.The book asks (and in some ways answers) the questions: What is the role of tradition within religions and religious laws? What is the impact of religious traditions on secular laws, and vice-versa? How are the elements of tradition to be identified? Are they the same within the secular and the religious realm? Do secular law and religious law follow comparable patterns of change? Do their levels of resilience differ significantly? How does the history of religion and law affect changes within religious traditions and legal systems?The overall focus of the book addresses the extent to which tradition plays a role in shaping and re-shaping secular and religious laws, as well as their mutual boundaries.Table of ContentsFrom the Secularisation Theory to the Pluralistic Approach: Reconciling Religious Traditions and Modernity in Italian Case-law.- The Blasphemy Laws of Pakistan: Experimenting with History and Tradition.- An Analysis of the Possibility of Fulfilling Gender Equality Within the Legal System of The Islamic Republic Of Iran (Iri).- Tradition's Edge: Interactions between Religious Tradition and Sexual Freedom.- The Inverted Relationship: Constitutive Theory of Law and the Enforcement of Orthodoxy in the book XVI of The Theodosian Code.- The Recent, and Sometimes Invented, Origins of Some “Longstanding” Traditions.- Law, Religion, and the Detraditionalization Of Europe.- Tradition as a Peacebuilding Tool.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Learning from Other Religious Traditions: Leaving Room for Holy Envy
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Springer International Publishing AG Existential Inertia and Classical Theistic Proofs
Book SynopsisThis book critically assesses arguments for the existence of the God of classical theism, develops an innovative account of objects’ persistence, and defends new arguments against classical theism. The authors engage the following classical theistic proofs: Aquinas’s First Way, Aquinas’s De Ente argument, and Feser’s Aristotelian, Neo-Platonic, Augustinian, Thomistic, and Rationalist proofs. The authors also provide the first systematic treatment of the ‘existential inertia thesis’. By connecting the thesis to relativity theory and recent developments in the philosophy of physics, and by developing a variety of novel existential-inertia-friendly explanations of persistence, they mount a formidable new case against classical theistic proofs. Finally, they defend new arguments against classical theism based on abstract objects and changing divine knowledge. The text appeals to students, researchers, and others interested in classical theistic proofs, the existence and nature of God, and the ultimate explanations of persistence, change, and contingency.Table of ContentsChapter. 1. IntroductionChapter. 2. Aquinas’s First WayChapter. 3. Stage One of the Aristotelian ProofChapter. 4. Existential Inertia and the Aristotelian Causal PrincipleChapter. 5. Existential Inertia: Thesis and TaxonomyChapter. 6. The Metaphysics of Existential InertiaChapter. 7. Existential Inertia: Motivations and DefenseChapter. 8. Mind the GapChapter. 9. The Neo-Platonic ProofChapter. 10. The Augustinian Proof and Theistic ConceptualismChapter. 11. The Thomistic and Rationalist ProofsChapter. 12. Conclusion
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Springer International Publishing AG Skeptical Theism
Book SynopsisIs evil evidence against the existence of God? Does divine hiddenness provide an evidential problem for theism? Is our evolutionary history evidence that God doesn’t exist? Skeptical theism is the view that humans are cognitively limited in important ways that prevent us from providing affirmative answers to these evidential questions. In this book—the first monograph published on skeptical theism—Perry Hendricks gives careful, novel, and compelling arguments in favor of skeptical theism and provides a comprehensive defense of it, addressing all major objections to skeptical theism on offer. The implications of skeptical theism are teased out: it undermines the most prominent arguments for atheism on offer, which significantly lowers the epistemic status of atheism.Table of Contents1. Introduction.2. Axiological Skeptical Theism Proved.3. Deontological Skeptical Theism Proved.4. Skeptical Theism and The Problems of Evil.5. Skeptical Theism and Other Arguments for Atheism.6. Skeptical Theism Defeated?.7. Faithful Skeptical Theism.8. Theodicy and Natural Theology.9. The Real Commonsense Problem of Evil.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Evangelische Evangelienauslegung: Eine
Book SynopsisGerhard Ebelings einstige Dissertation über Luthers Evangelienauslegung wurde 1938 fertiggestellt. Wegen (bzw. trotz) der schwierigen Zeitverhältnisse erschien sie erst (bzw. noch) 1942. Während der sechziger Jahre wurde sie mehrfach nachgedruckt, war aber lange vergriffen. In mancher Hinsicht verrät sie die Spuren ihrer Entstehungszeit. Das trifft selbstverständlich auf die beigezogene, entsprechend weit zurückliegende Fachliteratur zu, zeigt sich aber auch an der theologischen Prägung durch die dialektische Theologie und den Kampf der Bekennenden Kirche.Gleichwohl darf das Buch über seinen Materialreichtum hinaus als ein in seinen Grundzügen bahnbrechendes Werk der Luther-Forschung gelten. Die von Karl Holl in der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 1920 vorgetragene Abhandlung über "Luthers Bedeutung für den Fortschritt der Auslegungskunst" wurde hier in eigenständiger Weise aufgegriffen und weitergeführt, nun konzentriert auf die bis dahin wenig ausgeschöpfte, vornehmlich in Predigten überlieferte Evangelienauslegung. In methodischer Hinsicht wird dabei vornehmlich den Wandlungen Beachtung gewidmet, die in Luthers Exegese und Hermeneutik festzustellen sind, sowie mit besonderer Ausführlichkeit dem Verhältnis der Auslegungstradition. Zugleich aber ist die Arbeit umfassend ausgerichtet auf die Hauptlinien der hermeneutischen Entwicklung Luthers und auf den theologischen Gesamtzusammenhang dessen, was uns in seiner Evangelienauslegung entgegentritt.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Bonhoeffers Kritik der verkrümmten Vernunft: Eine
Book SynopsisIn seiner Habilitationsschrift 'Akt und Sein' (1931) erörtert Dietrich Bonhoeffer im Dialog mit zeitgenössischen Positionen die Bedeutung von Transzendentalphilosophie und Ontologie für die systematische Theologie. Unter Einbeziehung von 'Sanctorum Communio' und anderen frühen Schriften Bonhoeffers rekonstruiert Christiane Tietz-Steiding die vernunftkritische Erkenntnistheorie, die als origineller Beitrag dieses Bonhoefferschen Frühwerks gelten kann. Dabei wird die zentrale Überzeugung des jungen Bonhoeffer deutlich: Nicht die Selbstverkrümmung der ratio in der Philosophie kann dem Menschen ein angemessenes Selbstverständnis eröffnen, sondern nur ein der Offenbarung zugewandter Glaube, in dem die Verkrümmtheit der menschlichen Vernunft aufgebrochen wird. Indem der Mensch sein Sein im Akt des Glaubens versteht, kommt er zu sich selbst.Christiane Tietz-Steiding zeigt - im Unterschied zur bisherigen, allzuoft glättenden Bonhoeffer-Interpretation - Brüche und Unstimmigkeiten in Bonhoeffers Argumentation auf und macht darüber hinaus deutlich, weshalb Bonhoeffer sich später von 'Akt und Sein' inhaltlich distanzieren mußte. Mit der Rekonstruktion von Bonhoeffers Auseinandersetzung mit Philosophen und Theologen seiner Zeit (Heidegger, Barth, Bultmann, Gogarten u.a.) gibt sie zugleich eine problemorientierte Einführung in die philosophische und theologische Diskussion der zwanziger Jahre.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) The Contemplative Spirit: D.Z. Phillips on
Book SynopsisTo understand reality in terms of what is possible has methodological implications which a contemplative philosophy makes explicit. The goal is no longer to determine how things are or must be but rather to provide an overview of how they could be and the diversity with which they already appear. The function of philosophy is not the discovery of a single answer but rather a careful description of the diversity and the heterogeneity of possible answers in different contexts and practices. This approach, inspired by Wittgenstein, was applied to the philosophy of religion by Dewi Z. Phillips (1934-2006) in particular. This volume explores his contemplative philosophy of religion in an intense and lively discussion, showing how the description of religious faith and the access to its practice and language change unexpectedly and provocatively in this way of thinking.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Schleiermachers Staatslehre
Book SynopsisSchleiermacher hielt zwischen 1813 und 1833 fünf Vorlesungen zur Staatslehre an der neugegründeten Universität Berlin, in denen er die Preußischen Reformen unterstützte. Im Unterschied zu Hegels Rechtsphilosophie entfaltete Schleiermachers politisches Denken aber kaum Wirkung. Erst seit 1998 liegt eine kritische Edition der entsprechenden Manuskripte und Nachschriften vor. Miriam Rose liefert erstmals eine umfassende systematische Erschließung der Staatslehre Schleiermachers bezogen auf die Staatsdiskurse nach der Französischen Revolution. In thematischen Längsschnitten, u.a. zu den Problemen Krieg und Frieden sowie Staat und Kirche, zeigt sich die liberale Orientierung Schleiermachers. Die spezifische Eigenart dieser Konzeption profiliert die Autorin anhand der Frage nach der Freiheit des Einzelnen. Sie stellt heraus, dass es sich trotz der liberalen Orientierung um keinen liberalen Entwurf handelt.
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Springer Yearning for Form and Other Essays on Hermann Cohen's Thought
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Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. THE DEFINITIVE YOGANANDA
Book SynopsisSwami Paramhansa Yogananda, an Indian Yogi, introduced meditation to the West. His vast collection of works on yoga, meditation, and spiritual wisdom, including the popular Autobiography of a Yogi, under The Definitive Yogananda, offers profound insights into contemporary spiritual issues.
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Springer Classic Issues in Islamic Philosophy and Theology Today
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Independently Published The First Book: Hunter-Gatherers, God and
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State University of New York Press God in PostChristianity
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Academic Studies Press Lev Shestov: The Philosophy and Works of a Tragic
Book SynopsisThis study spans, in a single monograph, the entire life and work of the Russian philosopher Lev Shestov (1866-1938). It offers keys to understanding his thought, while also tracing the historical itinerary of his work. Shestov's thought is not only interesting in itself, as a "philosophy fighting against philosophy," but also because it reveals an entire world of cultural connections in its extraordinarily keen exploration of other "souls." The reader will find in Shestov some of the sharpest analyses of authors such as Shakespeare, Nietzsche, Tolstoi, Dostoevskii, Luther, Plotinus, Pascal, Kierkegaard and many others. This study will better determine the controversial and fascinating philosopher's place in the history of Russian and Western thought.Trade Review“Oppo’s study is impressively comprehensive…Students of Shestov will appreciate the meticulousness of Oppo’s research, which is reflected in an excellent bibliography that is in itself a reason to invest in this book.”— Ruth Coates, Slavic ReviewTable of Contents Acknowledgments Editorial Notes Introduction Part One: Shestov in Russia Chapter I: The Philosophy of Tragedy (1898-1905) 1.1 Introduction: The Birth of a Tragic Conscience 1.2 Shestov before Shestov: Shakespeare and Pushkin 1.3 Tolstoi's Struggle between "Yasnaya Polyana" and "Astapovo" 1.4 Friedrich Nietzsche: Truth against Morality 1.5 Dostoevskii and Nietzsche as "Philosophers of the Underground" 1.6 Apotheosis of "Bespochvennost'": Towards a Philosophy of Tragedy Chapter II: Art as Negativity-The Literary Criticism Years (1901-1910) 2.1 Introduction: Shestov and the Philosophical Problem of Art 2.2 Aestheticism and Ideology: On Merezhkovskii and Turgenev 2.3 Creatio ex Nihilo: Chekhov's Aesthetics 2.4 The "Oracular" Gratuity of Sologub's Prose and Poetry 2.5 Ibsen and the Destiny of Art 2.6 Retracting Tragedy: Dostoevskii as an Essayist 2.7 The "Magnificent" Vyacheslav Ivanov Part Two: Shestov in France Chapter III: Wandering Through the Souls (1914-1929) 3.1 Introduction: The Events of History-Shestov's Political Views 3.2 The Power of Keys: Faith and Church in Martin Luther 3.3 The Two Histories of Western Philosophy 3.4 The Fight against Self-Evidences: Dostoevskii, Pascal, and Spinoza 3.5 Philosophy's Revolt against Itself: Plotinus's Ecstasies 3.6 Audacities and Submissions: Shestov's Intellectual World 3.7 Shestov and the Russian Philosophers Chapter IV: Athens and Jerusalem-The Logic and the Thunder (1930-1938) 4.1 Introduction: Shestov as a "Jewish Philosopher" 4.2 The Bible and the Original Sin: In Dialogue with Martin Buber 4.3 The Last Encounter: Kierkegaard 4.4 Étienne Gilson and the Spirit of Medieval Philosophy 4.5 Philosophers in Chains: At the Sources of Metaphysics Conclusion 1. Reception and Legacy of Shestov's Philosophy 2. The Question of Irrationalism and of "Antiphilosophy" 3. The (Neo-)Platonic Paradigm: Shestov's "Third Sailing" 4. Afterword: Reading between the Lines Appendices 1. Shestov and Husserl 2. Shestov and Berdyaev 3. Shestov and Fondane Bibliography and Works Cited 1. Shestov's Works A.1 Books A.2 Articles and Correspondence 2. Selected Studies on Shestov B.1 Biographies, Memoirs, Specific Journals, and Bibliographies B.2 Books on Shestov B.3 Articles and Book Chapters on Shestov 3. Further References Index
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Indiana University Press The Phenomenology of Religious Life
Book SynopsisHeidegger's engagement with religionTrade ReviewScrupulously prepared and eminently readable. What Heidegger undertakes here is nothing less than a phenomenological destruction of the history of religion. —ChoiceTable of Contents1. INTRODUCTION TO THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION2. AUGUSTINE AND NEO-PLATONISM3. THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MEDIEVAL MYSTICISM
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University of Notre Dame Press The Person and the Common Good
Book SynopsisPresenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritain's treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come.
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University of Notre Dame Press Faith and Rationality
Book SynopsisInvestigates the rich implications of what the authors call ""Calvinistic"" or ""Reformed epistemology"". This is the view of knowledge-enunciated by Calvin, further developed by Barth-that sees belief in God as its own foundation; in the authors' terms, is it properly ""basic"" in itself.Trade Review“This compilation of perceptive and in-depth essays . . . examines the epistemological topic of the rationality of Christian belief. These particular essays take a problematic approach in their criticism of contemporary analytic objections of theistic belief, and in the process make a contribution to general epistemology.” —Faith & Reason“This is an important book by members of what can be loosely called the school of contemporary Calvinist philosophers of religion. It is worthy of study by everyone concerned with the epistemology of religion.” —The Journal of Religion“The essays are exceptionally well written, clear, and stimulating. They explicate what it means to be rational in general and to hold a rational belief in particular. For those interested in the vexing but crucial issues of how reason relates to faith, this is a probative and illuminating study.” —Theological Studies“. . . an important new approach to the philosophy of religion. . . . The contributors are sophisticated and able.” —The Journal of Philosophy“This volume, which represents the best philosophical theology being done today, is a fascinating step in a largely unrecognized dialogue between Reformed and Roman Catholic philosophers.” —New Oxford Review"Faith and Rationality is an impressive and original contribution to the epistemology of religious belief and to general epistemology. [T]hese essays revolve around several common themes: first and perhaps foremost, there is the rejection of classical foundationalism ... a second and closely related theme concerns the evidentialist challenge to religious belief ... and thirdly, we find a position Plantinga and Wolterstorff dub Calvinist epistemology or Reformed epistemology." —Nous
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University of Notre Dame Press What Happened to Civility
Book SynopsisWhat is civility, and why has it disappeared? Ann Hartle analyzes the origins of the modern project and the Essays of Michel de Montaigne to discuss why civility is failing in our own time.In this bold book, Ann Hartle, one of the most important interpreters of sixteenth-century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, explores the modern notion of civilitythe social bond that makes it possible for individuals to live in peace in the political and social structures of the Western worldand asks, why has it disappeared? Concerned with the deepening cultural divisions in our postmodern, post-Christian world, she traces their roots back to the Reformation and Montaigne's Essays. Montaigne's philosophical project of drawing on ancient philosophy and Christianity to create a new social bond to reform the mores of his culture is perhaps the first act of self-conscious civility. After tracing Montaigne's thought, Hartle returns to our modern society and argues thaTrade Review“The insistent point of What Happened to Civility—that civility is collapsing as enlightenment ideology’s relentless advance swamps the premodern, traditional sources of nobility and mercy that Montaigne relied upon to create civility in the first place—is new, true, and significant.” —Benjamin Storey, co-author of Why We Are Restless“No other book-length treatment of Montaigne’s notion of civility exists. Hartle succeeds admirably well in showing that Montaigne’s conception of civility helped to shape modern self-understanding in significant ways.” —John C. McCarthy, editor of Modern Enlightenment and the Rule of Reason"Time spent with this book will be rewarded, both with a heightened sense of the importance of civility to human happiness and wonder for the artistry of a great essayist like Montaigne." —The American Conservative"The book is a good contribution to a troubling debate, and one with which Montaigne himself would have been pleased." —Church Times“Ann Hartle analyzes the reasons for the contemporary decay of civility, which was given its modern formulation 'out of the fragments of the shattered classical-Christian tradition' in Montaigne’s Essays. She goes on to consider 'what has been lost in the movement from sacred tradition as the social bond' to its secular form, notably a 'public standard of moral virtue.'" —ChoiceAnn Hartle’s What Happened to Civility offers an inviting proposition: civility should be understood as a human invention and therefore is ultimately doomed to failure. -Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. The New Adam: The Philosopher’s Sleight-of-Hand 2. The New Order: Hidden Mastery 3. Authenticity: The Greatest Thing in the World 4. Civility: Suppressing the Human Self 5. The Deterioration of Civility: When Everything Becomes Political 6. Living among the Ruins: The Disintegration of the Social Bond Bibliography
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Princeton University Press How to Think about God
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The translation is worthy of praise. It is smooth and colloquial, allowing easy access to rather difficult and technical Latin texts. . . . [Freeman's] approach breathes new life into two Latin texts that deserve more readers."---Ailsa Hunt, Classical Review"A good summary of the religious thoughts of the Stoics. . . . Philip Freeman’s introduction and translation are models of their kind."---Harry Mount, Catholic Herald"This small volume by Philip Freeman is an accomplishment and welcomed publication."---Nelu Zugravu, Classica et Christiana
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Fordham University Press Corpus
Book SynopsisHow have we thought 'the body'? How can we think it anew? This title incorporates the body of mortal creatures, the body politic, the body of letters and of laws, and the 'mystical body of Christ'. It offers us an encyclopedia and a polemical program - reviewing classical takes on the "corpus" from Plato, Aristotle, and Saint Paul to Descartes.Trade Review"Jean-Luc Nancy gives us bodies in their gravitational weight, their mutual touch, their joy and their devastation, their self-evident presence and their constant elusiveness. From the dazzlingly layered complications of the opening "Corpus" to the meditatively personal accessibility of the closing "The Intruder," these essays display the necessary connections and mutual exclusions of flesh and word. Nancy's work on bodies, already canonical, engages traditions we thought we knew-Platonism, Cartesianism, Christianity-and shows us how much newness is possible still." -- -Karmen MacKendrick Le Moyne College "Translation of 'Corpus,' an essay on the body written by the French philosopher between 1990 and 1992, as well as other writings that revisit the work." -The Chronicle of Higher Education
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ME - Fordham University Press Trials
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Jewish Publication Society Modern Jewish Theology
Book SynopsisModern Jewish Theology is the first comprehensive collection of Jewish theological ideas from the pathbreaking nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, featuring selections from more than thirty of the most influential modern Jewish thinkers of the era.Trade Review“Exciting! This anthology has the potential to help reframe the entire field of modern Jewish thought. Its study tends to leave out the nineteenth century almost totally—and yet, as the editors show, this was an extremely important period for the development of Jewish thought and the attempt to negotiate modern sensibilities about religion and science. Additionally, because many of the nineteenth-century figures were at the intersection of Wissenschaft and philosophy, attending to them can better integrate modern Jewish thought into Jewish studies as a whole.”—Robert Erlewine, professor and director of the Center for Jewish Studies at Eastern Michigan University and author of Judaism and the West: From Hermann Cohen to Joseph Soloveitchik“What a gold mine! You have before you the keys to a world of rich, provocative, and often still startlingly relevant Jewish thinking. There was a robust Jewish theological conversation before Heschel and Soloveitchik, before Kaplan and Levinas, before Plaskow and Adler, but only now, with this wonderful volume, has this vital world opened to non-specialists and non-German readers.”—Shai Held, president and dean of Hadar and author of The Heart of Torah“Modern Jewish Theology will be an indispensable and enduring resource for scholars, students, and teachers.”—Asher D. Biemann, professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Jewish Studies Program, University of VirginiaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Notes on Translations and Annotations List of Abbreviations Part 1. Writing Theological Modernity: The Nineteenth Century 1. The Essentials of Judaism Gotthold Salomon, “Thirteen Basic Teachings of Religion” (1829) Translated by Dana Rubinstein Michael Creizenach, “Foundational Doctrines of Israelite Belief” (1833) Translated by George Y. Kohler Joseph Dernburg, “The Essence of Judaism According to Its Most General Principles” (1839) Translated by Michael A. Meyer Zecharias Frankel, “Speech at the Memorial Service for the Benefactor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, Breslau” (1855) Translated by Thomas Abraham Tearney Ludwig Philippson, “Introduction to the Five Books of Moses” (1844) Translated by Alexandra Zirkle Samuel David Luzzatto, “Lessons in Jewish Dogmatic Theology” (1863) Translated by Emanuel Fiano 2. Torah as Law and Ritual Samson Raphael Hirsch, “Nineteen Letters Concerning Judaism: Eighteenth Letter” (1836) Translated by Paul Franks Abraham Geiger, “The Relation of the Natural Meaning of Scripture to Its Talmudic Interpretation” (1844) Translated by George Y. Kohler Samuel Holdheim, “The Ceremonial Law in the Kingdom of the Messiah” (1845) Translated by George Y. Kohler Leopold Stein, “The Necessity of the Written Law” (1877) Translated by Samuel J. Kessler Heinrich Graetz, “Correspondence of an English Lady about Judaism and Semitism: Fourteenth Letter” (1883) Translated by Maren Scheurer Manuel Joel, “Toward an Orientation in the Question of Cult” (1869) Translated by Samuel J. Kessler 3. The Relevance of Judaism Salomon Formstecher, “Religion of the Spirit” (1841) Translated by Gershon Greenberg Sigismund Stern, “The Task of Jews and Judaism in the Present Age” (1845) Translated by Michael Zank Samuel Hirsch, “The Religious Philosophy of the Jews” (1842) Translated by Gershon Greenberg David Einhorn, “The Benefits of the Jewish Doctrine of God” (1852) Translated by Michael A. Meyer 4. God Joseph Lewin Saalschütz, “Ethical Monotheism” (1844) Translated by Noa Sophie Kohler David Kaufmann, “On Maimonides’ Negative Theology” (1877) Translated by Shira Billet Part 2. Twilight of Modernity: The Early Twentieth Century 5. The Search for Essence Hermann Cohen, “Judaism as a Worldview” (1898) Translated by Samuel J. Kessler Heymann Steinthal, “The Idea of the Creation of the World” (1899) Translated by Mary M. Solberg Leo Baeck, “Revelation and World Religion” (1905) Translated by Victor Grubenwieser and Leonard Pearl Solomon Schechter, “Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology” (1909) Max Wiener, “On the Being and Meaning of God” (1937) Translated by Robert S. Schine 6. Judaism and the Origin of Ethics Moritz Güdemann, “Instruction and Life” (1902) Translated by Brian Britt and Steve Britt Benzion Kellermann, “Liberal Judaism” (1907) Translated by Garrett E. Paul Moritz Lazarus, “The Ethics of Judaism” (1898) Translated by Henrietta Szold Benno Jacob, “Judaism and the Results of Assyriology” (1902) Translated by Noa Sophie Kohler 7. What Is Distinctive about Jewish Theology? Kaufmann Kohler, “Jewish Theology” (1918) Julius Guttmann, “Establishing Norms for Jewish Belief” (1927) Translated by Gertrude Hirschler Alexander Altmann, “What Is Jewish Theology?” (1933) Translated by Edith Ehrlich and Leonard H. Ehrlich Part 3. The Existentialist Turn: The Weimar Years and Beyond 8. Theological Existentialism Martin Buber, “Judaism and the Jews” (1911) Translated by Eva Jospe Franz Rosenzweig, “The Star of Redemption” (1921) Translated by Benjamin Pollock Notes Bibliography List of Contributors Index
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Stanford University Press Religion: Rereading What Is Bound Together
Book SynopsisWith this profound final work, completed in the days leading up to his death, Michel Serres presents a vivid picture of his thinking about religion—a constant preoccupation since childhood—thereby completing Le Grand Récit, the comprehensive explanation of the world and of humanity to which he devoted the last twenty years of his life. Themes from Serres's earlier writings—energy and information, the role of the media in modern society, the anthropological function of sacrifice, the role of scientific knowledge, the problem of evil—are reinterpreted here in the light of the Old Testament accounts of Isaac and Jonah and a variety of Gospel episodes, including the Three Wise Men of the Epiphany, the Transfiguration, Peter's denying Christ, the Crucifixion, Emmaus, and the Pentecost. Monotheistic religion, Serres argues, resembles mathematical abstraction in its dazzling power to bring together the real and the virtual, the natural and the transcendent; but only in its Christian embodiment is it capable of binding together human beings in such a way that partisan attachments are dissolved and a new era of history, free for once of the lethal repetition of collective violence, can be entered into.Trade Review"A stunning book by one of the most profound and original philosophers of science of the twentieth century, written in the final moments that separate life from death. Michel Serres realized that the whole of his thought over the course of an astonishingly prolific career would be incomplete if it did not take into account the indispensable role played by religion in every aspect of human life, and he tells us why in his own inimitable way."—Jean-Pierre Dupuy, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, École Polytechnique, Paris
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Cambridge University Press God the Good and the Spiritual Turn in Epistemology
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Simon & Schuster Ltd The Language of God: A Scientist Presents
Book SynopsisDr Francis S. Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, is one of the world's leading scientists, working at the cutting edge of the study of DNA, the code of life. Yet he is also a man of unshakable faith in God. How does he reconcile the seemingly unreconcilable? In THE LANGUAGE OF GOD he explains his own journey from atheism to faith, and then takes the reader on a stunning tour of modern science to show that physics, chemistry and biology -- indeed, reason itself -- are not incompatible with belief. His book is essential reading for anyone who wonders about the deepest questions of all: why are we here? How did we get here? And what does life mean?
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Yale University Press Against the Academics
Book SynopsisTrade Review“It is a delight to see this beautifully smooth English translation of Against the Academics, with commentary that is both learned and engaging! Foley’s Augustine will reach students, scholars, and many others too.”—John C. Cavadini, University of Notre Dame“Michael Foley’s translations of Augustine’s dialogue Against the Academics is accurate and elegantly written, and his Introduction will provide both students and advanced scholars with a guide to Augustine’s early thinking on the Christian contemplative life.”—Brian Stock, University of Toronto and Collège de France“Foley’s text of Against the Academics is a valuable resource for students and scholars alike. The translation is accurate and readable, and the extensive commentary is full of insightful analysis.”—Blake Dutton, Loyola University ChicagoPraise for the series: “Foley’s exceptional labors now allow modern Anglophone readers to access the treasure of these dialogues, along with the related On the Immortality of the Soul. In each of Foley’s four volumes, an excellent translation is accompanied by a short introduction, then a commentary slightly longer than Augustine’s text, as well as hundreds of footnotes. Each volume stands on its own for classroom use.”—Daniel E. Burns, Review of Politics “Michael Foley’s orchestration of the Cassiciacum dialogues—a four-part translation, annotation, and commentary—renders Augustine’s most important voice, the voice of the seeker, readily available to a broad readership. These are perfect teaching texts, and they are equally compelling for experts. This welcome return of the dialogues, separate and yet intimately related in Foley’s handling of them, marks the most important literary event in Augustinian studies since Peter Brown’s biography.”—James Wetzel, Villanova University “Yale University Press has excelled in publishing these beautiful volumes. Michael Foley models good translation, deeply engaged with the intricacies of the Latin and yet flowing elegantly and readably across the page. Foley’s commentary introduces the reader carefully and invitingly into these important and complex texts from Augustine’s first years as a Christian writer. They belong on the shelves of all who value the wisdom of the early Christian tradition.”—Lewis Ayres, Durham University “A truly impressive undertaking.”—Marc D. Guerra, Assumption College “A consistent, faithful and elegant translation of the crucial but relatively neglected dialogues by Augustine of Hippo.”—Simon Oliver, Durham University “Michael Foley’s lively, precise new translation makes this dramatic dialogue accessible to today’s reader, adding yet another dimension to our understanding of the endless breadth of Augustine’s developing thought.”—Brian Daley, University of Notre Dame “Foley has provided a vital and long-needed service, giving us lively, engaging and accurate translations, and commentaries that are well-grounded without being overwhelming.”—Erik Kenyon, Bryn Mawr Classical Review “Michael P. Foley has given us a clear, compelling, and valuable resource in his new translation of Augustine’s inaugural work as a Christian convert. . . . Foley’s commentary and introductions somehow manage to be both informative and contextualizing without overshadowing the intricacies and insights of the text they are in service of.”—Zachary Thomas Settle, Augustinian Studies “Michael Foley’s new translation of Augustine’s Cassiciacum dialogues (of which the first two of a projected four volumes are now available) is clear, useful, and long overdue.”—Elizabeth Klein, Theological Studies “Foley is to be congratulated on providing a good critical edition and not least a readable translation of the text.”—Nicholas Paxton, Melita Theologica “Foley’s translation reads easily and is transparent. Literal translation and identical formatting in each volume contribute substantially to the reader’s insight into the plan of the Cassiciacum dialogues. Michael Foley’s reading and translation are convincing in many respects.”—Martin Claes, Augustiniana “Foley’s translations and commentaries on the Cassiciacum dialogues offer a smooth presentation of Augustine’s ear
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Toby Press Ltd Questioning Belief: Torah and Tradition in an Age
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Princeton University Press The Beginning of Politics
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Deep River Books LLC The Genesis 6 Conspiracy Part II
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St Augustine's Press Encounters With Silence
Book SynopsisOne of the classics of modern spirituality, Encounters with Silence is one of Karl Rahner’s most lucid and powerful books. A book of meditations about man’s relation with God, it is not a work of dry theology, but rather a book of prayerful reflections on love, knowledge, and faith, obedience, everyday routines, life with our friends and neighbors, our work and vocation, and human goodness. The immense success of this moving work is a tribute to its practicality and the ability of the great theologian to speak simply and yet profoundly to ordinary men and women seeking an inspiring guide to the inner life, one that never forsakes the world of reality. The book is cast in the form of a dialogue with God that moves from humble but concerned inquiry to joyful contemplation.“You will come again because the fact that you have already come must continue to be revealed ever more clearly. It must become progressively manifest to the world that the heart of all things is already transformed, because you have taken them all to your heart. . . . The false appearance of our world, the shabby pretense that it has not been liberated . . . must be more and more thoroughly rooted out and destroyed. . . . And your coming is neither past nor future, but the present, which has only to reach its fulfillment. Now it is still the one single hour of your advent.” (from the book)
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Granta Books Living With a Wild God: A Non-Believer’s Search
Book SynopsisBarbara Ehrenreich is an acclaimed social critic on both sides of the Atlantic, renowned for her trenchant, witty polemics, her pieces of journalism, and her trademark intelligence. She writes with unparalleled precision, insight and a rationalist's unwavering gaze. But in middle age, she rediscovered the journal she had kept during her tumultuous adolescence, which records an event so strange that she had never, in all the intervening years, written or spoken about it. It was the kind of event that people call a 'mystical experience' - and to a steadfast atheist and rationalist, was nothing less than shattering. In Living with a Wild God, Ehrenreich vividly explores her life-long quest to find 'the truth' about the universe and everything else, in an attempt to reconcile this cataclysmic, defining moment with her secular understanding of the world. The result is a profound reflection on science, religion and the human condition, and a personal insight into the inner life of one of our finest thinkers. It is a book that challenges us all to reassess our perceptions of the world and what it means to be alive.
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HarperCollins The Sacred and Profane Harvest Book
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Yale University Press Culture and the Death of God
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A tour-de-force survey of the changing relation of culture and religion."—Publishers Weekly"Eagleton produces an account of the continuing power of religion that is rich and compelling. Open this book at random, and you will find on a single page more thought-stirring argument than can be gleaned from a dozen ponderous treatises on philosophy of sociology. Most of the critical turning points in modern thought are examined illuminatingly."—John Gray, New Statesman"Wide-ranging and intellectually impassioned."—Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times"His latest book confirms him as one of the most interesting thinkers on culture and religion that we have, and the good news is that what he says about our contemporary situation is true, important and accessible . . . That Eagleton . . . ought to be taken seriously by serious people is beyond doubt."—John McDade, The Tablet"Getting rid of God has been a long slog, Eagleton’s concise, absorbing overview of the philosophical and cultural trends of the past three centuries explains."—Marcus Tanner, The Independent"Terry Eagleton brings all his forensic insights and acerbic wit, to the search for a replacement for God in critical thinking since the Enlightenment . . . Eagleton’s thoughts – 'one can kill for all sorts of motives, but killing on a spectacular scale is almost always the consequence of ideas' – are a joy to ponder. That and his depth of knowledge make for fascinating reading."—Scarlett MacGwire, Tribune Magazine"If Terry Eagleton didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him."—Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers"The central virtue of Eagleton's reliably witty and erudite story of culture and politics in Western thought is the insistence on how difficult, and how rare, genuine atheism is. No one interested in the seemingly endless 'God debate' can ignore this book, which briskly surveys more than three centuries of intellectual discourse about democracy and the divine, and then ends with a well-turned, provocative snarl."—Mark Kingwell, author of Unruly Voices: Essays on Democracy, Civility and the Human Imagination
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Stanford University Press The Political Theology of Paul
Book SynopsisThis highly original interpretation of Paul by the Jewish philosopher of religion Jacob Taubes was presented in a number of lectures held in Heidelberg toward the end of his life, and was regarded by him as his "spiritual testament".Trade Review"As always with Taubes, it is all very apocalyptic and reasonably brilliant or, at least, brilliantly distorted and filled with strokes of genius—the genius of a charlatan at his very, very best."—Hebraic Political StudiesTable of Contents@fmct:Contents @toc4:Translator's Note and Acknowledgments iii @toc4:Preface iii @toc2:Introduction 1 @toc3:1. Autobiographical Approaches to the Epistle to the Romans 000 2. Paul in Jewish Religious History: Messianic Logic 000 @toc2:Part I: Readings: Paul and Moses, the Establishment of a New People of God @toc3:1. Addresses of the Epistle to the Romans 000 Excursus: The Fate of the Jewish Christian Congregations 000 2. Nomos: Law and Justification; a Reading of Romans 811 000 3. Election and Rejection: A Reading of Romans 8:319:5 and Berakhot 32a 000 4. Pneuma: The Surpassing of Salvation History and the Overcoming of This World; a Reading of Romans 913 000 @toc2:Part II. Effects: Paul and Modernity, Transfigurations of the Messianic @toc2:1. Strangers in This World: Marcion and the Consequences 000 2. The Zealots of the Absolute and of Decision: Carl Schmitt and Karl Barth 000 3. Nihilism as World Politics and Aestheticized Messianism: Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno 000 4. Exodus from Biblical Religion: Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud 000 @toc2:Appendix A: The Jacob TaubesCarl Schmitt Story 000 @toc2:Apprendix B: Two Letters @toc2:Afterword 000 @tocca:Wolf-Daniel Hartwich, Aleida and Jan Assmann @toc3:1. Readings: The Legitimation and Formation of a New Union-Covenant [Ver-Bund] 000 2. Effects: Paul and Modernity 000 3. Political Theology 000 @toc3:Editorial Note 000 @toc4:Notes 000 @toc4:Index of Names 000 Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Bible, N, T, Romans Criticism, interpretation, etc, Paul, the Apostle, Saint, Christianity and politics
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