Prolegomena To A Philosophy Of Religion

Author : J. L. Schellenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 242 pages
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Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780801465116

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Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion by J. L. Schellenberg Pdf

"There is no attempt here to lay down as inviolable or to legislate certain ways of looking at things or ways of proceeding for philosophers of religion, only proposals for how to deal with a range of basic issues—proposals that I hope will ignite much fruitful discussion and which, in any case, I shall take as a basis for my own ongoing work in the field."—from the Preface Providing an original and systematic treatment of foundational issues in philosophy of religion, J. L. Schellenberg's new book addresses the structure of religious and irreligious belief, the varieties of religious skepticism, and the nature of religion itself. From the author's searching analysis of faith emerges a novel understanding of propositional faith as requiring the absence of belief. Schellenberg asks what the aims of the field should be, setting out a series of principles for carrying out some of the most important of these aims. His account of justification considers not only belief but also other responses to religious claims and distinguishes the justification of responses, propositions, and persons. Throughout Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion, Schellenberg is laying the groundwork for an elaboration of his own vision while at the same time suggesting how philosophers might rethink assumptions guiding most of today's work in analytic philosophy of religion.

Author : P. Byrne
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995-08-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780230390072

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Prolegomena to Religious Pluralism by P. Byrne Pdf

This book surveys the thesis that all religions are alike in referring and relating to a single, common transcendent and sacred reality. It treats this thesis as one in the philosophy of religion and systematically sets out its main philosophical strengths and weaknesses. The key to understanding and defending pluralism is argued to lie in a realist understanding of religion, which is defined by way of an account of the reference of names for sacred, transcendent reality.

Author : Anders Nygren
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 429 pages
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Release : 2009-05-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606087701

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Meaning and Method by Anders Nygren Pdf

A distinguished Scandinavian scholar has undertaken a fresh study of themes he examined in earlier writings. Meaning and Method contains the results of Nygren's lifetime of thought, addressed to the most fundamental concerns of philosophy and theology. In this book Anders Nygren delves into these and other questions: What is the meaning of meaning? What are we to do when one person declares meaningless what another finds supremely meaningful? Is there any way of knowing which is right? Can we arrive at a common understanding of what is meaningful? The author contends that contemporary philosophy does point to such a common understanding. Philosophy, as put forth by Nygren, involves a recognition of diverse contexts of meaning. Through philosophy we can also develop a method by which the validity of these contexts may be scientifically tested. Nygren shows that the debate about the meaningfulness of religious language is not insoluble. He further establishes the scientific status of the two disciplines concerned with religious language--theology and the philosophy of religion. The author's approach calls for drastic revision in these disciplines, and he indicates many new directions for future work in them. Students and specialists will be fascinated by Nygren's own account of the philosophical ideas undergirding his theological work. This book also makes a major contribution to today's questions in both philosophy and theology.

Author : Jane Ellen Harrison
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691227467

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Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion by Jane Ellen Harrison Pdf

Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who write on ancient myth or ritual are bound to say the same about Harrison. Her essential ideas, best developed and most clearly put in the Prolegomena, have never been eclipsed.

Author : Peter Byrne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0333601084

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Prolegomena to Religious Pluralism by Peter Byrne Pdf

This text surveys the thesis that all religions are alike in referring and relating to a single, common transcendent and sacred reality. It treats this thesis as one in the philosophy of religion and systematically sets out its main philosophical strengths and weaknesses. The key to understanding and defending pluralism is argued to lie in a realist understanding of religion, which is defined by way of an account of the reference of names for sacred, transcendent reality.

Author : Winfried Corduan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725226272

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Handmaid to Theology by Winfried Corduan Pdf

"A most needed and creative beginning in theological prolegomena," says Norman L. Geisler of Handmaid to Theology. "In this work the long-neglected use of philosophy in evangelical theology is overcome." Philosophical Prolegomena does not in this case constitute an introduction to theology, preliminary material of which one must dispose before delving into the actual content of divine revelation. Instead it constitutes a handmaid to theology, the philosophical categories that necessarily help to shape each doctrine. In addition to demonstrating "the inevitable reliance of theology on certain philosophical concepts," the author pleads for a clear distinction between biblical theology and systematic theology within the evangelical tradition. "Particularly helpful . . ." says Geisler, "is the emphasis on the need to use biblically compatible concepts in order to construct a systematic theology." After two introductory chapters ("What Is Prolegomena?" and "Prolegomena: The Starting Point"), the author devotes two chapters to the doctrine of man, as many to the doctrine of revelation, three to the doctrine of God, and a final chapter to the doctrine of regeneration. "This book turns over new ground in theological prolegomena," concludes Geisler. "Its pace-setting insights could, and I hope will, signal a return to a proper harmony between philosophy and biblical theology in the practice of systematic theology among evangelicals.

Author : J. L. Schellenberg
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780801465130

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The Wisdom to Doubt by J. L. Schellenberg Pdf

The Wisdom to Doubt is a major contribution to the contemporary literature on the epistemology of religious belief. Continuing the inquiry begun in his previous book, Prolegomena to a Philosophy of Religion, J. L. Schellenberg here argues that given our limitations and especially our immaturity as a species, there is no reasonable choice but to withhold judgment about the existence of an ultimate salvific reality. Schellenberg defends this conclusion against arguments from religious experience and naturalistic arguments that might seem to make either religious belief or religious disbelief preferable to his skeptical stance. In so doing, he canvasses virtually all of the important recent work on the epistemology of religion. Of particular interest is his call for at least skepticism about theism, the most common religious claim among philosophers. The Wisdom to Doubt expands the author's well-known hiddenness argument against theism and situates it within a larger atheistic argument, itself made to serve the purposes of his broader skeptical case. That case need not, on Schellenberg's view, lead to a dead end but rather functions as a gateway to important new insights about intellectual tasks and religious possibilities.

Author : Louis Francis Anderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1330445570

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Prolegomena to Theism by Louis Francis Anderson Pdf

Excerpt from Prolegomena to Theism Theism is the science of the fundament, of the norms or commandments and of the positive effects of religion, demonstrated from the concretely ontological and actual standpoint. This work is intended to serve as an introduction to Theism. It begins with a strictly systematic exposition of the logical laws and categories and, from the empirical standpoint, logically explains the entitative basis, the entitative process and the entitative effect of life, thus giving a total logical solution of all fundamental problems of philosophy. The complete exposition of Theism is now in preparation, hence many practical inquiries must be deferred until its completion. This prolegomena is dedicated in profound gratitude to the memory of all great teachers of humanity whose efforts have been the actual conditions of submanent awakening. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Thomas Hill Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Ethics
ISBN : OXFORD:590437981

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Prolegomena to Ethics by Thomas Hill Green Pdf

Author : Louis Francis Anderson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-01-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0428350518

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Prolegomena to Theism (Classic Reprint) by Louis Francis Anderson Pdf

Excerpt from Prolegomena to Theism Theism is the science of the fundament, of the norms or commandments and of the positive effects of religion, demonstrated from the concretely ontological and actual standpoint. This work is intended to serve as an introduction to Theism. It begins with a strictly systematic exposition of the logical laws and categories and, from the empirical standpoint, logically explains the entitative basis, the entitative process and the entitative effect of life, thus giving a total logical solution of all fundamental problems of philosophy. The complete exposition of Theism is now in prepara tion, hence many practical inquiries must be deferred until its completion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Beni Madhab Barua
Publisher : New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : UCAL:B3923370

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Prolegomena to a History of Buddhist Philosophy by Beni Madhab Barua Pdf

Author : Stuart C. Hackett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606084625

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The Resurrection of Theism by Stuart C. Hackett Pdf

The Christian world view, contends the author, both needs and embodies a thoroughgoing, rational apologetic as a manifestation of its relevance to the contemporary mind. . . . Christian faith should be defended in terms of criteria which center in rational objectivity as the norm of truth and evaluation. The author, who stands in the tradition of Aquinas, Butler, Orr, and Tennant, deals first with the problem of epistemological approach (part 1). Then he tackles the apologetic of natural revelation, first setting forth the inadequacy of every major alternate to rational empiricism (part 2), then demonstrating the existence of the God of theism (part 3). Each chapter is well outlined, and these outlines appear together in an Analytical Table of Contents. This feature, as well as a bibliography and index, makes this a useful textbook for courses in apologetics and philosophy.

Author : Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas
Publisher : Library of Islam, Limited
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 093490586X

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Prolegomena to the Metaphysics of Islam by Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas Pdf

Author : Walter J. Ong
Publisher : Global Academic Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1586840347

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The Presence of the Word by Walter J. Ong Pdf

The deed of gift declares that “the object of this foundation is not the promotion of scientific investigation and discovery, but rather the assimilation and interpretation of that which has been or shall be hereafter discovered, and its application to human welfare, especially by the building of the truths of science and philosophy into the structure of a broadened and purified religion. The founder believes that such a religion will greatly stimulate intelligent effort for the improvement of human conditions and the advancement of the race in strength and excellence of character. To this end it is desired that a series of lectures given by men eminent in their respective departments, on ethics, the history of civilization and religion, biblical research, all sciences and branches of knowledge which have an important bearing on the subject, all the great laws of nature, especially of evolution ... also such interpretations of literature and sociology as are in accord with the spirit of this foundation, to the end that the Christian spirit may be nurtured in the fullest light of the world’s knowledge and that mankind may be helped to attain its highest possible welfare and happiness upon this earth.” The present work constitutes the thirty-fourth volume published on this foundation.

Author : R. Richman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400970779

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God, Free Will, and Morality by R. Richman Pdf

"He [Francis Bacon] writes of science like a Lord Chan cellor" - William Harvey "Don't say: 'There must be something common . . . ' - but look and see" Ludwig Wittgenstein In the history of western moral philosophy since Plato, there has been a pervasive tendency for the moral theorist to wri~e, in effect, like a scientist, Le. to seek completely general prin ciples of right conduct. Of late, moreover, there has been an attempt to set forth a theory underlying the general principles, not of right conduct, admittedly, but of justice. To be sure, we are sometimes warned that the principles (which must exist?) may be too complex to be formulated. Also they may not exist prior to action - nonetheless, we are told, they serve as guides to conduct! One inight argue that Baconian inductivism provides one basis for skepticism with respect to a number of familiar epistemological problems. Thus, the skeptic argues, a certain conclusion - say, the existence of another's pain - is not justified on the basis of (behavioral) evidence either deductively or inductively, and hence it is not justified at all. Similarly, I should claim, by establishing an unattainable standard, the search for exceptionless principles may become a source of moral skepticism. After all, when con fronted with a supposed principle designed to justify a particular ix x PREFACE action, one can generally imagine a counter-example to the prin ciple without excessive difficulty.