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Essays on Philosophy and Religious Studies

Author : Bernard Coyault,Jeanine Mukaminega
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783643914620

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Analecta Bruxellensia has been since 1996 the annual review of the Protestant Faculties of Theology and Religious Studies (FUTP (French) and FPTR (Dutch)) in Brussels. Analecta 21 is a varied number. Three themes are developed covering exegetical, historical, sociological, theological and philosophical fields. The first explores hermeneutics related to the understanding and assimilation of the biblical text; the second addresses the weight of ideology in the construction of narratives invoked in the representation of the Other; the third pursues this theme of encounter and otherness in various historical perspectives. From a queer exegesis of the narrative of Acts 8 to the question of the extent of Christ's salvation in the hypothesis of inhabited worlds in science fiction literature, the eclecticism of these academic contributions, as well as their relevance to contemporary debates, promise the reader multiple changes of scenery and genuinely new thinking. This issue also includes a previously unpublished contribution by Paul Ricœur, a restitution of a three-speaker conference given in January 2000 on the theme of justice between ethics and law.

Essays on Philosophy and Religious Studies

Author : LIT Verlag
Publisher : LIT Verlag
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783643964625

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Essays on Philosophy and Religious Studies by LIT Verlag Pdf

Analecta Bruxellensia has been since 1996 the annual review of the Protestant Faculties of Theology and Religious Studies (FUTP (French) and FPTR (Dutch)) in Brussels. Analecta 21 is a varied number. Three themes are developed covering exegetical, historical, sociological, theological and philosophical fields. The first explores hermeneutics related to the understanding and assimilation of the biblical text; the second addresses the weight of ideology in the construction of narratives invoked in the representation of the Other; the third pursues this theme of encounter and otherness in various historical perspectives. From a queer exegesis of the narrative of Acts 8 to the question of the extent of Christ's salvation in the hypothesis of inhabited worlds in science fiction literature, the eclecticism of these academic contributions, as well as their relevance to contemporary debates, promise the reader multiple changes of scenery and genuinely new thinking. This issue also includes a previously unpublished contribution by Paul Ricœur, a restitution of a three-speaker conference given in January 2000 on the theme of justice between ethics and law.

Defining Religion

Author : Robert Cummings Neville
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438469577

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Provides a new orientation to philosophy of religion and a new theory of how religion ought to be defined. In this collection of essays, written over the past decade, Robert Cummings Neville addresses contemporary debates about the concept of religion and the importance of the comparative method in theology, while advancing and defending his own original definition of religion. Neville’s hypothesis is that religion is a cognitive, existential, and practical engagement of ultimate realities—five ultimate conditions of existence that need to be engaged by human beings. The essays, which range from formal articles to invited lectures, develop this hypothesis and explore its ramifications in religious experience, philosophical theology, religious studies, and the works of important thinkers in philosophy of religion. Defining Religion is an excellent introduction to Neville’s work, especially to the systematic philosophical theology presented in his magisterial three-volume set Philosophical Theology.

The Future of the Philosophy of Religion

Author : M. David Eckel,C. Allen Speight,Troy DuJardin
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030446062

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The Future of the Philosophy of Religion by M. David Eckel,C. Allen Speight,Troy DuJardin Pdf

This collection of essays on the philosophy of religion and its future brings together accomplished thinkers across several related fields, from comparative philosophy to analytic and continental philosophy of religion and beyond. Contributing authors address pressing questions including: Where does philosophy stand in relation to religion and the study of religion in the 21st century? How ought the philosophy of religion to interact with religious studies and theology to make for fruitful interdisciplinary engagement? And what does philosophy uniquely have to offer to the broad discourse on religion in the modern world? Through exploring these questions and more, the authors’ goal is not that of meeting the philosophical future, but of forging it. Readers will enter a vivid conversation through engaging essays which demonstrate the importance of disciplinary openness and show that we do not need to sacrifice depth in order to achieve breadth. Modernity and postmodernity come together in a constantly evolving discussion that moves the philosophy of religion forward, while keeping an eye toward the experience accumulated in past centuries. This book will interest students of philosophy, theology, religious studies, and other fields that wonder about the place of philosophy and religion in today’s world. It also has much to offer advanced scholars in these fields, through its breadth and forward thinking.

Essays in the Philosophy of Religion

Author : Philip L. Quinn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1383044155

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Essays in the Philosophy of Religion by Philip L. Quinn Pdf

This volume brings together 14 of the papers by the late Philip Quinn, one of the world's leading philosophers of religion. It covers topics such as: religious epistemology, religious ethics, religion and tragic dilemmas, religion and political liberalism, Christian philosophy, and religious diversity.

Renewing Philosophy of Religion

Author : Paul Draper,J. L. Schellenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192526588

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Renewing Philosophy of Religion by Paul Draper,J. L. Schellenberg Pdf

This book is animated by a shared conviction that philosophy of religion needs to change: thirteen new essays suggest why and how. The first part of the volume explores possible changes to the focus of the field. The second part focuses on the standpoint from which philosophers of religion should approach their field. In the first part are chapters on how an emphasis on faith distorts attempts to engage non-western religious ideas; on how philosophers from different traditions might collaborate on common interests; on why the common presupposition of ultimacy leads to error; on how new religious movements feed a naturalistic philosophy of religion; on why a focus on belief and a focus on practice are both mistaken; on why philosophy's deep axiological concern should set much of the field's agenda; and on how the field might contribute to religious evolution. The second part includes a qualitative analysis of the standpoint of fifty-one philosophers of religion, and also addresses issues about humility needed in continental philosophy of religion; about the implausibility of claiming that one's own worldview is uniquely rational; about the Moorean approach to religious epistemology; about a Spinozan middle way between 'insider' and 'outsider' perspectives; and about the unorthodox lessons we could learn from scriptures like the book of Job if we could get past the confessional turn in recent philosophy of religion.The goal of the volume is to identify new paths for philosophers of religion that are distinct from those travelled by theologians and other scholars of religion.

Essays on Religion and Education

Author : Richard Mervyn Hare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0198249969

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Essays on Religion and Education by Richard Mervyn Hare Pdf

R. M. Hare, one of the most widely discussed of today's moral philosophers, here presents his most important essays on religion and education, in which he brings together the theoretical and the practical.

Contemporary Practice and Method in the Philosophy of Religion

Author : David Cheetham,Rolfe King
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826495884

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Contemporary Practice and Method in the Philosophy of Religion by David Cheetham,Rolfe King Pdf

An important collection of essays from a range of philosophers from different backgrounds, focusing on the growing importance of the philosophy of religion in providing a 'multi-perspective' approach to the subject area.

Divine Nature and Human Language

Author : William P. Alston
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725283190

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Divine Nature and Human Language by William P. Alston Pdf

Divine Nature and Human Language is a collection of twelve essays in philosophical theology by William P. Alston, one of the leading figures in the current renaissance in the philosophy of religion. Using the equipment of contemporary analytical philosophy, Alston explores, partly refashions, and defends a largely traditional conception of God and His work in the world a conception that finds its origins in medieval philosophical theology. These essays fall into two groups: those concerned with theological language (Part 1 of the volume) and those that deal with the nature, status, and activity of God (Parts II and HI). In Part 1, Alston develops a conceptual scheme for discussing the topic of theological language. He also argues that there is a core of literal talk about God and even a core of predicates univocally applicable to God and creatures. Furthermore, he shows that God can be referred to directly as well as descriptively. In Parts II and III, the author sketches out a middle way between a classical conception of God exemplified by Aquinas and the more recent “process” or “panentheist” conception exemplified by Hartshorne. Alston argues that such a God can act so as to have real effects in the world and can enter into genuine dialogue and otherwise interact with human beings. In addition, he defends the idea that God provides a foundation for morality. The first collection of Alston's ground breaking work in the philosophy of religion, Divine Nature and Human Language will be welcomed by scholars and students of the philosophy of religion, metaphysics, theology, and religious studies.

God, Knowledge, and Mystery

Author : Peter Van Inwagen
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501745324

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God, Knowledge, and Mystery by Peter Van Inwagen Pdf

In a book that will appeal to a general audience as well as philosophers of religion, a leading metaphysician tackles fundamental theological problems in a lucid and engaging manner. Peter van Inwagen begins with a provocative new introduction exploring the question of whether a philosopher such as himself is qualified to address theological matters. The chapters that follow take up the central problem of evil in a world created and sustained by God.

New Essays in Philosophical Theology

Author : Anthony Flew,Alasdair C. MacIntyre
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-16
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0334046211

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New Essays in Philosophical Theology by Anthony Flew,Alasdair C. MacIntyre Pdf

This book is among the most promising and most important in its particular field to be published within recent years. Indeed, there is no other in which men trained in the school of philosophy dominant in England today have sought as they do here to come to terms with Christian theology.' (British Weekly) 'What is really appealing about these essays is not a new sophistication but a refreshing naivety and transparent sincerity, a kind of virginal approach to the old problems which, expressed in vigorous contemporary English, makes the book eminently attractive and readable.' (The Times Literary Supplement)

Religions, Reasons and Gods

Author : John Clayton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139459260

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Traditional theistic proofs are often understood as evidence intended to compel belief in a divinity. John Clayton explores the surprisingly varied applications of such proofs in the work of philosophers and theologians from several periods and traditions, thinkers as varied as Ramanuja, al-Ghazali, Anselm, and Jefferson. He shows how the gradual disembedding of theistic proofs from their diverse and local religious contexts is concurrent with the development of natural theologies and atheism as social and intellectual options in early modern Europe and America. Clayton offers a fresh reading of the early modern history of philosophy and theology, arguing that awareness of such history, and the local uses of theistic argument, offer important ways of managing religious and cultural difference in the public sphere. He argues for the importance of historically grounded philosophy of religion to the field of religious studies and public debate on religious pluralism and cultural diversity.

A Thoughtful Life

Author : Ian Weeks,Duncan Reid
Publisher : ATF Imprint
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1920691650

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From 1964 till his retirement in 1993 Harry Wardlaw was professor first in systematc theoogy then philosophical theology at Ormond College in Melbourne, Australia. This period saw the incorporation of the then Presbyterian Hall into the ecumenical United Faculty of Theology in 1969 and then in 1977 the union of the Presbyterian, Methodist and Congregationalist Churches to form the Uniting Church of Australia. Harry was a theological guide to both these unions, as well as a playfully serious mentor to several generations of theological students, Anglican and Roman Catholic as well as Presbyterian and later Uniting Church members. He was noted for a teaching style in which thought became embodied in gesture and any object lying to hand was a potential teaching aid; for his impish sense of humour; and for the intensity of focused attention he gave to any question or idea put to him. The present collection of articles by appreciative friends, former students and colleagues both in Australia and overseas, was presented to Harry on his 77th birthday.

Religious Pluralism and Truth

Author : Thomas Dean
Publisher : Suny Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002600828

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This book is an introduction to cross-cultural philosophy of religion. It presents an alternative to Western-oriented philosophy of religion by focusing on questions of truth in the context of religious pluralism, including the criteria, models, and hermeneutics of cross-cultural truth in religion. The essays included are by some of the leading philosophers of religion and scholars in comparative religious thought such as Ninian Smart, Raimundo Panikkar, Harold Coward, William Wainwright, William Christian Sr., and Frederick Streng.

Essays on Gianni Vattimo

Author : Matthew Harris
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443893084

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What has postmodernism got to do with Christianity? To what extent can a nihilist derive an ethic from the history of a religion? Can a western approach to secularisation be applied to Islam? These questions are central to this collection of essays from 2011–2015 by Matthew Edward Harris. The essays are grouped around the interrelated themes of religion, ethics and the history of ideas and constitute a critically constructive approach to the subject matter. Harris defends Vattimo against some of his more strident critics, but nevertheless poses questions of his own. Along with a new introduction, outlining Vattimo’s life, thought and ideas, and a conclusion, which looks at how developments in Vattimo’s views on religion have wider implications for his ‘weak thought,’ the volume includes nine essays on Vattimo’s thought. Harris’ overall argument is that Vattimo is overly reliant upon history and that there is a contradiction within his style of ‘weak thought,’ which is against definitive pronouncements yet excludes outright anything that does not pertain to the history of linguistic messages.