Language Meaning And God

Author : Brian Davies
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608996261

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Language, Meaning, and God by Brian Davies Pdf

CONTRIBUTORS: FERGUS KERR OP Charity as Friendship SIMON TUGWELL OP Prayer, Humpty Dumpty and Thomas Aquinas BRIAN DAVIES OP Classical Theism and the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity DAVID B. BURRELL CSC Distinguishing God from the World DENYS TURNER Feuerbach, Marx and Reductivism ANTHONY KENNY Aquinas on Knowledge of Self P. J. FITZPATRICK Some Seventeenth-Century Disagreements and Transubstantiation HUGO A. MEYNELL Faith, Objectivity, and Historical Falsifiability MARGARET DAVIES The Genre of the First Gospel TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE OP 'The Coming of the Son of Man': Mark's Gospel and the Subversion of 'The Apocalyptic Imagination' BRIAN WICKER Taking Away the Sin of the World J. M. CAMERON The Theory and Practice of Autobiography ENDA MCDONAGH Prayer, Poetry and Politics

Author : Brian Davies OP
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725228313

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Language, Meaning, and God by Brian Davies OP Pdf

CONTRIBUTORS: FERGUS KERR OP Charity as Friendship SIMON TUGWELL OP Prayer, Humpty Dumpty and Thomas Aquinas BRIAN DAVIES OP Classical Theism and the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity DAVID B. BURRELL CSC Distinguishing God from the World DENYS TURNER Feuerbach, Marx and Reductivism ANTHONY KENNY Aquinas on Knowledge of Self P. J. FITZPATRICK Some Seventeenth-Century Disagreements and Transubstantiation HUGO A. MEYNELL Faith, Objectivity, and Historical Falsifiability MARGARET DAVIES The Genre of the First Gospel TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE OP 'The Coming of the Son of Man': Mark's Gospel and the Subversion of 'The Apocalyptic Imagination' BRIAN WICKER Taking Away the Sin of the World J. M. CAMERON The Theory and Practice of Autobiography ENDA MCDONAGH Prayer, Poetry and Politics

Author : Francis Collins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847396150

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The Language of God by Francis Collins Pdf

Dr 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?

Author : William Hordern
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781579109745

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Speaking of God by William Hordern Pdf

Antiquated language now makes most theological statements sound irrelevant, but precise thinking on questions of ultimate meaning is as important as ever. Recent gains here come from the challenge of a school of philosophy that presses questions of usage, function, and meaning of language. William Hordern's book, a ÒconversationÓ between theology and analytical philosophy, begins by presenting the clearest study available for the intelligent general reader of this important philosophical tool. He goes on to use it to explore the language of theology, seeking ways of making it more effective for the purposes of communication. In tracing the development of this interest in language, Mr. Hordern explains why, in its more conservative phase, analytical philosophy declared that only verifiable statements were valid and that, since theology did not lend itself to verification, it dealt with nonsense. He demonstrates how this attitude failed to allow for ÒconvictionalÓ language, which is more akin to the language of poetry. Theological language, the author says, is rooted in the church and the community of faith. It is deeply concerned with mystery and worship, and can be discussed ÒanalyticallyÓ only in terms of its special functions, which are similar to those of language used in speaking of personal relations. The author's treatment of these similarities is particularly useful and illuminating.

Author : Doris Kessler
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781982235260

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The Meaning of God by Doris Kessler Pdf

For Millenia, mankind has searched for a God, a Creator, a loving Source, the Life force where it all started. Many organized religions and faiths were trying their best to show a way, to show a path back to Love. Yet still today, humankind faces a world of war, violence, suffering and pain, a world of disconnection from that loving Source. What is God or Source, and where can we find it? This question has inspired the author, and in this book, Doris is sharing the finding of her own way to reconnect with this loving Source within that lives inherently in all of us, no matter what skin color, race or religion we are. Along with the poetry of her Ally Rumi, Doris’ easy to follow book guides the reader lovingly home to ones own divinity, sharing not only her experiences, but also using Rumi’s mystical understanding of God, and where God, or Source, can be found in the end. Since all is One and One is all, Doris explains the meaning of God/Source on all different aspects of Life, inspiring the reader to go deep within to that sacred place where God resides within all of us and in all of Life.

Author : Leroy S. Rouner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Philosophical theology
ISBN : 0268014159

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Meaning, Truth, and God by Leroy S. Rouner Pdf

Meaning, Truth, and God provides essays by 11 eminent scholars concerned not only with the logic of religious belief and the effect of social content on religious meaning, but also with the truth-claim concerning the reality of God. The collection is divided into three parts, each of which includes a reinterpretation of central nineteenth-century thinkers (Hegel, Schleiermacher, Weber, Royce, Feuerbach, Nietzsche, and Schelling) as well as constructive articles. Part I explores the logic of theological inquiry and challenges to the veracity of religious discourse; Part II discusses social process and religious belief, and Part III directly addresses the question of the reality of God.

Author : Meghan O'Gieblyn
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780525562719

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God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O'Gieblyn Pdf

A strikingly original exploration of what it might mean to be authentically human in the age of artificial intelligence, from the author of the critically-acclaimed Interior States. • "At times personal, at times philosophical, with a bracing mixture of openness and skepticism, it speaks thoughtfully and articulately to the most crucial issues awaiting our future." —Phillip Lopate “[A] truly fantastic book.”—Ezra Klein For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness—i.e., souls—might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence—identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself—urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering.

Author : Moises Silva
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310877431

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God, Language and Scripture by Moises Silva Pdf

The primary aim of God, Language and Scripture is to provide guidance in the use of biblical languages. Secondarily this volume initiates the reader to the wonders and workings of language and points out how language is often misused, especially in regard to the Bible. This volume, however, in no way anticipates all the ways of mishandling language. Silva's emphasis is on 'global' rather than detailed concerns (though selected specific examples are used) of how language is misused. The book includes an account of the birth and growth of modern linguistics, an appreciation of its interdisciplinary character, particularly its ties with literary criticism, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and science. It surveys all levels of language description, but emphasizes the semantic and stylistic aspects of grammar and syntax, vocabulary, and discourse. In addition, it considers the transmission of the Bible (textual criticism and translation) as a mode of linguistic communication and interpretive process.

Author : Timothy Keller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-02-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781101217658

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The Reason for God by Timothy Keller Pdf

A New York Times bestseller people can believe in—by "a pioneer of the new urban Christians" (Christianity Today) and the "C.S. Lewis for the 21st century" (Newsweek). Timothy Keller, the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City, addresses the frequent doubts that skeptics, and even ardent believers, have about religion. Using literature, philosophy, real-life conversations, and potent reasoning, Keller explains how the belief in a Christian God is, in fact, a sound and rational one. To true believers he offers a solid platform on which to stand their ground against the backlash to religion created by the Age of Skepticism. And to skeptics, atheists, and agnostics, he provides a challenging argument for pursuing the reason for God.

Author : Alexander Key
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0520970144

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Language between God and the Poets by Alexander Key Pdf

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the Arabic eleventh-century, scholars were intensely preoccupied with the way that language generated truth and beauty. Their work in poetics, logic, theology, and lexicography defined the intellectual space between God and the poets. In Language Between God and the Poets, Alexander Key argues that ar-Raghib al-Isfahani, Ibn Furak, Ibn Sina (Avicenna), and Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani shared a conceptual vocabulary based on the words ma‘na and haqiqah. They used this vocabulary to build theories of language, mind, and reality that answered perennial questions: how to structure language and reference, how to describe God, how to construct logical arguments, and how to explain poetic affect.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472910455

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The Edge of Words by Rowan Williams Pdf

The Edge of Words is Rowan Williams' first book since standing down as Archbishop of Canterbury. Invited to give the prestigious 2014 Gifford Lectures, Dr Williams has produced a scholarly but eminently accessible account of the possibilities of speaking about God – taking as his point of departure the project of natural theology. Dr Williams enters into dialogue with thinkers as diverse as Augustine and Simone Weil and authors such as Joyce, Hardy, Burgess and Hoban in what is a compelling essay about the possibility of language about God.

Author : Frederick Ferré
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X000133324

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Language, Logic, and God by Frederick Ferré Pdf

Author : Joshua W. Seachris,Stewart Goetz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781628927627

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God and Meaning by Joshua W. Seachris,Stewart Goetz Pdf

Over the past decade, there has been a growing interest among analytic philosophers in the topic of life's meaning. What is striking about this surge of work is that nearly all of it is by naturalists theorizing from non-theistic starting points. This book answers the need for a theistic philosophical perspective on the meaning of life. Bringing together some of the leading thinkers in analytic philosophy of religion and theology, God and Meaning touches on important issues in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of religion, and biblical theology that intersect with life's meaning. In particular: What does the question “What is the meaning of life?” mean? How can we know if life has meaning and what that meaning is? Might God enhance life's meaningfulness in some ways but detract from it in others? Is the most meaningful life one of perfect happiness? What is the relationship between eternity and life's meaning? How does the Old Testament book of Ecclesiastes illumine the topic? Should we hope that a kind of transcendent meaning exists? Presenting a state-of-the-art assessment of current philosophical positions on these and many other questions, God and Meaning is an invaluable resource for all students and scholars of the philosophy of religion.

Author : John Macquarrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Communication
ISBN : UOM:39076005338327

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God-talk by John Macquarrie Pdf

Bibliographical footnotes. The problem introduced -- How some contemporary theologians view language -- Some general reflections on language -- The theological vocabulary -- Theology and logical empiricism -- Types of theological discourse. Case study: The language of St. Anthanasius -- Language and interpretation. Case study: Heidegger on hermeneutics -- Mythology -- Symbolism. Case study: Light as a religious symbol -- Analogy and paradox -- Empirical language -- the language of existence and being.

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781551991764

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God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Pdf

Christopher Hitchens, described in the London Observer as “one of the most prolific, as well as brilliant, journalists of our time” takes on his biggest subject yet–the increasingly dangerous role of religion in the world. In the tradition of Bertrand Russell’s Why I Am Not a Christian and Sam Harris’s recent bestseller, The End Of Faith, Christopher Hitchens makes the ultimate case against religion. With a close and erudite reading of the major religious texts, he documents the ways in which religion is a man-made wish, a cause of dangerous sexual repression, and a distortion of our origins in the cosmos. With eloquent clarity, Hitchens frames the argument for a more secular life based on science and reason, in which hell is replaced by the Hubble Telescope’s awesome view of the universe, and Moses and the burning bush give way to the beauty and symmetry of the double helix.