Shalom And The Ethics Of Belief

Author : Nathan D Shannon
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227905203

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Shalom and the Ethics of Belief by Nathan D Shannon Pdf

Shalom and the Ethics of Belief explores Nicholas Wolterstorff's theory of situated rationality from a theological point of view and develops a doxastic, or belief-based, ethic based upon the theology of Wolterstorff's neo-Calvinist, Kuyperian background, which emerges in terms of his biblical ethic and eschatology of shalom. Two epistemological aspects are discussed in Nathan D. Shannon's account of Wolterstorff's philosophical writings: the picture of the belief-forming self present in the work of Thomas Reid, and the connection between belief and obligation. Situated rationality, the sum of Wolterstorff's decades-long work on epistemology and rationality, is argued to be a shalom doxastic ethic-a Christian, common grace ethic of belief pluralism. Wolterstorff incorporates the ethics of belief within the full scope of a person's socio-moral accountability, an accountability that ultimately flows from the teleology of the world as intended by its creator and from the inherent value of humans as bearers of the divine image. Shannon's treatment of belief as grounded in the eschatological, ethical vision of shalom provides a comprehensive and novel account of how Wolterstoroff's Christianity informed and influenced his philosophical writings.

Author : Nathan D. Shannon
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498202244

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Shalom and the Ethics of Belief by Nathan D. Shannon Pdf

Against the individualism and abstractionism of standard modern accounts of justification and epistemic merit, Wolterstorff incorporates the ethics of belief within the full scope of a person's socio-moral accountability, an accountability that ultimately flows from the teleology of the world as intended by its creator and from the inherent value of humans as bearers of the divine image. This study explores Nicholas Wolterstorff's theory of "situated rationality" from a theological point of view and argues that it is in fact a doxastic ethic based upon the theology of Wolterstorff's neo-Calvinist, Kuyperian background, which emerges in terms of his biblical ethic and eschatology of shalom. Situated rationality, the sum of Wolterstorff's decades-long work on epistemology and rationality is a shalom doxastic ethic--a Christian, common grace ethic of doxastic (even religious doxastic) pluralism.

Author : Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227178850

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United in Love by Nicholas Wolterstorff Pdf

Nicholas Wolterstorff’s distinguished career in philosophical theology continues to bear fruit, and here he shares his insight on the concepts of justice, art and liturgy. Although often discussed in isolation, as Wolterstorff masterfully demonstrates, they are bound together by divine love, and follow a common logical framework. Whether oriented towards the dignity of the other, the desire for creative engagement, or the infinite goodness of the creator, in every case unitive love is at their core. Wolterstorff explores all of this with consummate elegance, ultimately showing how each of the three topics find their fulfilment in the worship of God and in the affirmation of the image of God in each of us.

Author : Andrew Dole,Andrew Chignell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139446600

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God and the Ethics of Belief by Andrew Dole,Andrew Chignell Pdf

Philosophy of religion in the Anglo-American tradition experienced a 'rebirth' following the 1955 publication of New Essays in Philosophical Theology (eds. Antony Flew and Alisdair MacIntyre). Fifty years later, this volume of essays offers a sampling of the best work in what is now a very active field, written by some of its most prominent members. A substantial introduction sketches the developments of the last half-century, while also describing the 'ethics of belief' debate in epistemology and showing how it connects to explicitly religious concerns and to the topics of the individual contributions. These topics include: the relationship between God and the natural laws; the metaphysics of bodily resurrection; the role of appeal to 'mystery' in the religious life; the justification of both theistic belief generally and more specific doctrinal beliefs; and the social-political aspects of religious faith and practice.

Author : Yoon Shin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781793638755

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Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology by Yoon Shin Pdf

In Pentecostalism, Postmodernism, and Reformed Epistemology, Yoon Shin critically builds on James K. A. Smith’s postmodern Pentecostal epistemology with the aid of Reformed epistemology. It takes the reader through an interdisciplinary journey that exposits and illumines the relationship among Pentecostal spirituality, continental and analytic philosophy, postliberalism, moral psychology, and philosophy of emotion. This work clarifies misunderstandings of Smith, in Smith, and between continental and analytic epistemology, constructively and coherently synthesizing the sources through interdisciplinary analysis and thereby demonstrating the value of mashup philosophy. The resulting epistemology strengthens the mostly descriptive epistemology of Smith with the warrant criteria of Alvin Plantinga.

Author : Lawrence J. Kaplan,David Shatz
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814746530

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Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook and Jewish Spirituality by Lawrence J. Kaplan,David Shatz Pdf

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook (1865-1935) was the first Ashkenazic chief rabbi of mandatory Palestine. Admired for the incredible diversity of his talents and interests--talmudist, halakhist, kabbalist, mystic, theologian, moralist, poet, and communal leader--Rav Kook's world outlook extolled breadth and derided narrow specialization. More than any other Orthodox thinker in modern times, he addressed, squarely and boldly, the confrontation between Judaism and the modern world. Kook serves as a natural model to those Jews who seek a religious understanding of and response to the culture and politics of the modern age. These essays, most published here for the first time, offer a range of analyses and interpretations covering, in an accessible, systematic, and comprehensive fashion the major areas of Rav Kook's thought. Among the issues discussed are: his relationship to the Jewish mystical, philosophical, and halakhic traditions; poetry and spirituality; harmonism and pluralism; tolerance and its limits; Zionism, messianism, and politics; and Rav Kook today.

Author : Nathaniel Gray Sutanto
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567692290

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God and Knowledge by Nathaniel Gray Sutanto Pdf

Nathaniel Gray Sutanto offers a fresh reading of Herman Bavinck's theological epistemology, and argues that his Trinitarian and organic worldview utilizes an extensive range of sources. Sutanto unfolds Bavinck's understanding of what he considered to be the two most important aspects of epistemology: the character of the sciences and the correspondence between subjects and objects. Writing at the heels of the European debates in the 19th and 20th century concerning theology's place in the academy, and rooted in historic Christian teachings, Sutanto demonstrates how Bavinck's argument remains fresh and provocative. This volume explores archival material and peripheral works translated for the first time in English. The author re-reads several key concepts, ranging from Organicism to the Absolute, and relates Bavinck's work to Thomas Aquinas, Eduard von Hartmann, and other thinkers. Sutanto applies this reading to current debates on the relationship between theology and philosophy, nature and grace, and the nature of knowing; and in doing so provides students and scholars with fresh methods of considering Orthodox and modern forms of thought, and their connection with each other.

Author : Avi Sagi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783030822422

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Morality and Religion by Avi Sagi Pdf

The relationship between morality and religion has long been controversial, familiar in its formulation as Euthyphro’s dilemma: Is an act right because God commanded it or did God command it because it is right. In Morality and Religion: The Jewish Story, renowned scholar Avi Sagi marshals the breadth of philosophical and hermeneutical tools to examine this relationship in Judaism from two perspectives. The first considers whether Judaism adopted a thesis widespread in other monotheistic religions known as 'divine command morality,' making morality contingent on God’s command. The second deals with the ways Jewish tradition grapples with conflicts between religious and moral obligations. After examining a broad spectrum of Jewish sources—including Talmudic literature, Halakhah, Aggadah, Jewish philosophy, and liturgy—Sagi concludes that mainstream Jewish tradition consistently refrains from attempts to endorse divine command morality or resolve conflicts by invoking a divine command. Rather, the central strand in Judaism perceives God and humans as inhabiting the same moral community and bound by the same moral obligations. When conflicts emerge between moral and religious instructions, Jewish tradition interprets religious norms so that they ultimately pass the moral test. This mainstream voice is anchored in the meaning of Jewish law, which is founded on human autonomy and rationality, and in the relationship with God that is assumed in this tradition.

Author : Hava Tirosh-Samuelson,Aaron W. Hughes
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004317376

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Tamar Ross: Constructing Faith by Hava Tirosh-Samuelson,Aaron W. Hughes Pdf

Tamar Ross, Professor of Jewish Philosophy (Emerita) at Bar-Ilan University, is a constructive theologian who has made original and important contributions to feminist Orthodoxy.

Author : Jonathan Sacks
Publisher : Schocken
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39015062606168

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To Heal a Fractured World by Jonathan Sacks Pdf

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Author : John Gordon Stackhouse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190636746

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Why You're Here by John Gordon Stackhouse Pdf

What are Christians to be and to do in the world? What does faithfulness look like in these complex and confusing times? This book offers a program for faithful Christian living in today's world

Author : Abba Engelberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0692589384

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The Ethics of Exodus by Abba Engelberg Pdf

The book of Exodus raises some ethical questions central to the Jewish faith. Too often, we learn these Biblical stories as children and never revisit them-or their ethical implications-once we have reached adulthood. In many cases, we realize that the explanations we learned in childhood call for further elucidation.Rabbi Dr. Abba Engelberg presents many traditional answers, explained in depth, as well as some original interpretations, to difficult ethical questions raised by the narrative of the book of Exodus, including: Can we understand Egyptian oppression as a forerunner to anti-Semitism?What does it mean that Pharaoh's heart was hardened? Is there an ethical problem in removing his free will?Did Jethro join the Jewish people out of righteousness or expediency? Do his motivations matter?What is the thematic relationship between the two halves of the Ten Commandments?Why do the interpersonal laws of Mishpatim precede the God-oriented laws of Terumah and Tetzaveh?Was Aaron's participation justified in the episode of the golden calf

Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1105 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472570550

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The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Philosophers in America by John R. Shook Pdf

For scholars working on almost any aspect of American thought, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia to Philosophers in America presents an indispensable reference work. Selecting over 700 figures from the Dictionary of Early American Philosophers and the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, this condensed edition includes key contributors to philosophical thought. From 1600 to the present day, entries cover psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology and political science, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philosophy. Clear and accessible, each entry contains a short biography of the writer, an exposition and analysis of his or her doctrines and ideas, a bibliography of writings and suggestions for further reading. Featuring a new preface by the editor and a comprehensive introduction, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia to Philosophers in America includes 30 new entries on twenty-first century thinkers including Martha Nussbaum and Patricia Churchland. With in-depth overviews of Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Noah Porter, Frederick Rauch, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, this is an invaluable one-stop research volume to understanding leading figures in American thought and the development of American intellectual history.

Author : R. Keith Loftin
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830863457

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God and Morality by R. Keith Loftin Pdf

Is morality dependent upon belief in God? Is there more than one way for Christians to understand the nature of morality? Is there any agreement between Christians and atheists or agnostics on this heated issue? In God and Morality: Four Views four distinguished voices in moral philosophy ariticulate and defend their place in the current debate between naturalism and theism. Christian philosophers, Keith Yandell and Mark Linville and two self-identified atheist/agnostics, Evan Fales and Michael Ruse clearly and honestly represent their differing views on the nature of morality. Important differences as well as areas of overlap emerge as each contributor states their case, receives criticism from the others and responds. Of particular value for use as an academic text, these four essays and responses, covering the naturalist moral non-realist, naturalist moral realist, moral essentialist and moral particularist views, will foster critical thinking and contribute to the development of a well-informed position on this very important issue.

Author : James Muilenburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0061301337

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Way of Israel by James Muilenburg Pdf