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Author : John Haldane
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : IND:30000086860412
This polemical book argues that philosophy's silencing of religion as irrational thinking is wrong and that only religion can offer cogent answers when it comes to understanding life
Author : Alban McCoy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826476724
Addresses the key questions that non-Catholics—and even Catholics—have about Roman Catholicism.
Author : Daniel Harbour
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Atheism
ISBN : 0715632299
A controversial study that argues for the value of atheism in modern society. The debate about atheism has staled since the time of Bertrand Russell. In this work, Daniel Harbour returns to its core issues - the existence of God, the values of faith, the role of religion in society - and casts them in an entirely new light. The real question, he argues, is how we should consider our urge to understand the world. Only then can we ask ourselves whether atheism or theism forms part of a coherent worldview. This new debate between atheism and theism forces us into an investigation of philosophy, science, history, ethics and aesthetics, and a desire for intellectual integrity and commitment to truth. It is far removed from the usual listing of the errors of theism. Not can atheism be equated with denialism. It holds real and practical implications for the place of religion and the obligations of atheists in our society.
Author : Shmuel Boteach
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024873502
Argues that Judaism possesses a core of wisdom that appeals to Jews and non-Jews alike
Author : Daniel Harbour
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025258539
Atheism has always been open to the attack that it is a sterile concept and that atheists clearly don’t believe in anything. In this remarkable book, Daniel Harbour turns this disadvantage into the spearhead of his defense of atheism and incisive attack on religion, whether Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or Zen. He argues that the battle between the two has wrongly been fought on the narrow issue of the existence of God. In reality, the question is based on what is morally good and bad, i.e. whether a religious belief or an atheist belief puts one in a better position to do good. Using modern examples such as gay marriages and racial hatred, Daniel Harbour casts a light on the ideas atheism stands for.
Author : Symon Hill
Publisher : Between the Lines
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781771130622
"Religion" is a term that the media often use without any clarification. But it is a loaded word that encompasses hundreds of different beliefs. Religion can be seen as a source of war and peace, love and hate, dialogue and narrow-mindedness. The globalization of communications has raised awareness of religious conversion, with more people than ever before belonging to a different religious community than their parents. The No-Nonsense Guide to Religion considers how religion has shaped our culture, and how our culture is shaping religion today.
Author : Ikram Hawramani
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1792815336
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Understanding Islām and Muslims is a multidisciplinary study of Islam as it is lived and experienced by Muslims, presenting an alternative way of seeing Islam that dispels the myths popularized by such works as The Crisis of Islam, The Closing of the Muslim Mind and other attempts that leap from theory to practice without taking real-world Muslims into account.
Author : Alban McCoy
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826476732
Stimulating discussion of the fundamental concepts we employ in every day consideration of moral questions for the general reader.
Author : Theodore Dalrymple
Publisher : Gerald Duckworth & Company Limited
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Medical care
ISBN : 0715629735
Health is on of those subjects that seems easy to define and then, the closer one gets, is more and more difficult to understand. Does the health of a schizophrenic really improve by being sedated and kept in an asylum? Is a course of Prozac or psychotherapy aimed to make someone happy really a medicine? These incompatible views are most visible in the NHS which has over the decades become the focus of all these projections of health. At the expense of the taxpayer many are being cured while there is no money for some of those who have physical ailments in a real sense. In this book, Theodore Dalrymple sets out to tear into the myths that he believes our politicians have created, with anecdotes from his own experience as a doctor.
Author : Hans-Joachim Schoeps
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:B3934871
Author : J.P. Larsson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351876896
There is a long-standing fear of that which is not understood. Since September 11, 2001 the fear surrounding the violent elements of religion has led to heightened tensions. Research is thus essential to counteract the effects of 'religious xenophobia'. In this compelling book J.P. Larsson investigates religious violence, terrorism and armed conflict in order to deliver the understanding required for a more peaceful world and to allow for a framework of conflict transformation. This multi-disciplinary text will greatly interest those in the fields of international relations, theology and sociology.
Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002798487
Received by the British press with equal acclaim and indignation, this book sets out to define and defend high culture against the world of pop, corn, and popcorn. It shows just why culture matters in an age without faith, and gives an extended argument, drawing on philosophy, criticism, and anthropology, against the "post-modernist" world-view. Scruton offers a penetrating attack on deconstruction, on Foucault, on Nietzschean self-indulgence, and on the "culture of repudiation" which has infected the modern academy. But his book is not only negative. It is a celebration of the true heroes of modern culture and a call to the higher life. The American edition of this famous and notorious work has been revised to take account of the controversy which it has inspired, and contains new material specially directed to Americans.
Author : Alain De Botton
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780307907103
What if religions are neither all true nor all nonsense? The long-running and often boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved forward by Alain de Botton’s inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are entirely false—but that it still has some very important things to teach the secular world. Religion for Atheists suggests that rather than mocking religion, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from it—because the world’s religions are packed with good ideas on how we might live and arrange our societies. Blending deep respect with total impiety, de Botton (a non-believer himself) proposes that we look to religion for insights into how to, among other concerns, build a sense of community, make our relationships last, overcome feelings of envy and inadequacy, inspire travel and reconnect with the natural world. For too long non-believers have faced a stark choice between either swallowing some peculiar doctrines or doing away with a range of consoling and beautiful rituals and ideas. At last, in Religion for Atheists, Alain de Botton has fashioned a far more interesting and truly helpful alternative.
Author : Linda Zagzebski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405118736
An accessible and engaging introduction to the philosophy of religion. Written with verve and clarity by a leading philosopher and contributor to the field Places key issues and debates in the philosophy of religion in their historical contexts, highlighting the conditions that led to the development of the field Addresses the core topics, among them the the existence of God, the problem of evil, death and the afterlife, and the problem of religious diversity Rich with argument, yet never obtrusive Forms part of the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, in which renowned scholars explore the fundamental issues and core problems in the major sub-disciplines of philosophy
Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015040046925
A renowned philosopher takes this enigmatic discipline beyond theory and "intellectualism" to present a user-friendly guide for "practicing" philosophy in the late twentieth century.
