A John Hick Reader

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610975629

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A John Hick Reader by John Hick Pdf

"Canonical criticism" is not a recognized branch of biblical studies--granting new focus to questions of the authority and truth of the scriptural writings. Developed within a critical sense of the dominant historical-critical tone of biblical studies, canonical criticism as it has been pursued by the American scholars Brevard S. Childs and James A. Sanders stands as witness to the theological necessity of a more literary approach to the Bible.This book both criticizes the "canonical" enterprise, and takes it much further into readings of the canon from the perspective not only of literature, but also art, and in particular the biblical art of Rembrandt. In addition, it remains acutely conscious of the contemporary environment of our reading within the political concerns of feminist criticism, popular absorption in film and the narratives of the screen, and finally the crisis, or crises, which characterize the so-called "postmodern condition."What emerges is at once highly critical of traditional strategies of canonization, and at the same time constructive and concerned to recover the Bible for our own time in readings which move outside the limited academic concerns of the biblical critic or the institutions of the church and religious community.

Author : J. Hick
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1990-05-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0333487303

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A John Hick Reader by J. Hick Pdf

John Hick is one of the most widely read and discussed living writers in modern theology and the philosophy of religion. This book offers students a one volume textbook on his thought. Extracts from his writings cover all the various themes for which Hick has become known: Faith and Knowledge, Philosophy of Religion, Evil and the God of Love, Death and Eternal Life, The Myth of God Incarnate, and Problems of Religious Pluralism. The extracts are preceded by an introductory essay by Paul Badham on John Hick's philosophical theology, and on the integrity of his life and thought.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X000121726

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Philosophy of Religion by John Hick Pdf

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 066424419X

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God Has Many Names by John Hick Pdf

Analyzes the attitudes of Christians toward other religions and examines how the major religions of the world establish a relationship with God

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781780746838

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John Hick by John Hick Pdf

John Hick is one of the world's foremost theologians and philosophers of religion: his books feature on many comparative religion and philosophy courses and his theories and work in the field of race relations have earned him international acclaim. In this warm-hearted account, he tells his life story, from his schoolboy days in Yorkshire, through his conversion to evangelical fundamentalism, to his renunciation of this to become a staunch advocate of religious pluralism.

Author : J. Hick
Publisher : Springer
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230275324

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Between Faith and Doubt by J. Hick Pdf

This short book is a lively dialogue between a religious believer and a skeptic. It covers all the main issues including different ideas of God, the good and bad in religion, religious experience and neuroscience, pain and suffering, death and life after death, and includes interesting autobiographical revelations.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781596272187

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Who or What is God? by John Hick Pdf

In Who or What is God? John Hick reflects on questions of the nature and the accessibility of God in the context of Christianity and other faith traditions. The essays in this book cover a wide range of issues centered on the search for truth, justice, and peace. This search concerns the ultimate reality to which the world’s great religions point, involving discussion of religious experience, religious language, the relations between religions, death, and Christian belief. The book does not focus on theology of religions or religious pluralism for which Hick is so well known but on different, nevertheless related areas as the nature and accessibility of God, God’s relevance for the meaning of life and eschatology, the reconstruction of Christian theology under contemporary conditions, and finally the need to combine spirituality with the search for social justice.

Author : David Cheetham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351925129

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John Hick by David Cheetham Pdf

John Hick is considered to be one of the greatest living philosophers of religion. Hick's philosophical journey has culminated in the grand proposal that we should see all the major world religions as equally valid responses to the same ultimate reality (the 'Real'). This book presents a critical introduction to John Hick's speculative theology and philosophy. The book begins where Hick began, with the problems of religious language, and ends where Hick is now, exploring the questions of religious plurality. Incorporating early aspects that Hick himself would now wish to qualify, as well as explanations that reflect Hick's present focus, Cheetham offers some speculative reflections of his own on key topics, highlighting Hick's influence on contemporary theology and philosophy of religion. All those studying the work of this great philosopher and theologian will find this new introduction offers an invaluable overview along with fresh critical insight.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781780741826

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The Fifth Dimension by John Hick Pdf

The case for a bigger, more complete picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension plays a central role Many of us today are all too willing to accept a humanist and scientific account of the universe which considers human existence as a fleeting accident. The triumph of John Hick’s gripping work is his exposure of the radical insufficiency of this view. Drawing on mystical and religious traditions ancient and modern, and spiritual thinkers as diverse as Julian of Norwich and Mahatma Ghandi, he has produced a tightly argued and thoroughly readable case for a bigger, more complete, picture of reality in which a fifth, spiritual dimension, plays a central role. ‘Essential reading for anyone concerned with spirituality in the modern world’ Professor Keith Ward, University of Oxford Erudite, provocative and deeply moving, Hick’s persuasive narrative will prompt all curious readers to re-examine their own spiritual horizons.‘This stimulating book opens up many fundamental issues that must concern everyone. It deserves to be widely read. ‘ Expository Times ‘Learned, lucid and engaging, easy to read and easy to applaud for its sheer clarity of style and its breadth of interest, even when one disagrees with it!’ Anvil

Author : Christopher Sinkinson
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781842279199

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John Hick and the Universe of Faiths by Christopher Sinkinson Pdf

John Hick was one of the twentieth century's most influential and creative philosophers of religion. In this book, Sinkinson charts the development of Hick's thinking over his life and how this shaped his engagement with world religions. Attention is paid to Hick's epistemology and how this was key in his interpretation of both his own religion and the phenomena of religious pluralism. It can be shown that the development of Hick's thought is the legacy of the liberal theology of the Enlightenment. The project, begun by Immanuel Kant and Friedrich Schleiermacher, is shown to find clear expression in the developed theology of religions proposed by Hick. The book includes a survey of his important books and a transcript of the last recorded radio dialogue that Hick had with an evangelical theologian.

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310872382

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Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World by Zondervan, Pdf

Religious pluralism is the greatest challenge facing Christianity in today's Western culture. The belief that Christ is the only way to God is being challenged, and increasingly Christianity is seen as just one among many valid paths to God. In Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World, four perspectives are presented by their major proponents: Normative Pluralism: All ethical religions lead to God (John Hick) Inclusivism: Salvation is universally available, but is established by and leads to Christ (Clark Pinnock) Salvation in Christ: Agnosticism regarding those who haven't heard the gospel (Alister McGrath) Salvation in Christ Alone: Salvation depends on explicit personal faith in Jesus Christ alone (R. Douglas Geivett and W. Gary Phillips) This book allows each contributor to not only present the case for his view, but also to critique and respond to the critiques of the other contributors. The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781725225916

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Faith and Knowledge by John Hick Pdf

In this revision of his widely read study, John Hick has taken advantage of constructive comments on the first edition to make the book more useful. New material has been added and the overall structure of the volume has been changed to strengthen it both as an introduction to the problem of religious knowledge and as an exposition of the view of faith that seems to him most adequate. There is a new chapter on the Thomist-Catholic view of faith; a new treatment of the controversial notion of eschatological verification, taking account of various published critiques of the concept; and a new section on the way in which the Christian faith-awareness of God expresses itself in a distinctive way of life.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255094

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Death and Eternal Life by John Hick Pdf

In this cross-cultural, interdisciplinary study, John Hick draws upon major world religions, as well as biology, psychology, parapsychology, anthropology, and philosophy, to explore the mystery of death. He argues that scientific and philosophical objections to the idea of survival after death can be challenged, and he claims that human inadequacy in facing suffering supports the basic religious argument for immortality.

Author : John Hick
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664255965

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A Christian Theology of Religions by John Hick Pdf

Renowned theologian and philosopher of religion John Hick takes a hard look at intellectual problems facing Christians in the late twentieth century: Where exactly does Christianity fit into the scheme of the world in light of other world religions? and Is it possible to remain Christian while accepting the truth of other beliefs? Employing the use of a dialogue between "Phil" (philosophy) and "Grace" (theology), Hick explores the validity of other religions and Christianity's place among them. Offering good reasons for why the traditional stance that Christianity is the only true religion is no longer workable, he puts forth a cogent defense of Christianity in the global context of other religions. This book is must reading for those concerned about the uniqueness of Christianity and how it is to be interpreted theologically in today's world.

Author : Charlene P. E. Burns
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506418919

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Christian Understandings of Evil by Charlene P. E. Burns Pdf

Throughout the two-thousand-year span of Christian history, believers in Jesus have sought to articulate their faith and their understanding of how God works in the world. How do we, as we examine the vast and varied output of those who came before us, understand the unity and the diversity of their thinking? How do we make sense of our own thought in light of theirs? The Christian Understandings series offers to help. In this exciting volume, Charlene Burns offers a brief but thorough tour through more than two millennia of thought on the nature of evil. Starting with the contexts of the Hebrew Bible and moving forward, Burns outlines the many ways that Christian thought has attempted to deal with the reality of evil and suffering. From a personal Satan and demonic activity, to questions of free will and autonomy, to the nature of God and God’s role in suffering, Burns offers a clear and compelling overview.