The Concept Of God

Author : Tim Bayne
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : PHILOSOPHY
ISBN : 9780198754961

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Philosophy of Religion by Tim Bayne Pdf

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as eternal? And should religious people want there to be good arguments for the existence of God, or is religious belief only authentic in the absence of these good arguments? In this Very Short Introduction Tim Bayne introduces the field of philosophy of religion, and engages with some of the most burning questions that philosophers discuss. Considering how religion should be defined, and whether we even need to be able to define it in order to engage in the philosophy of religion, he goes on to discuss whether the existence of God matters. Exploring the problem of evil, Bayne also debates the connection between faith and reason, and the related question of what role reason should play in religious contexts. Shedding light on the relationship between science and religion, Bayne finishes by considering the topics of reincarnation and the afterlife. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Vinoth
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781642491821

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The Concept of 'God' by Vinoth Pdf

God – the supernatural being, the perfect, the omnipotent and the omniscient originator, and ruler of the universe – is the object of worship in almost all religions across the world. Usually, people understand God through the religions they’re born in. This way, they get to learn how and why their Gods created reality and put them in it. But is this the only possible way to understand the entity? What if one takes an alternate route to understand God? What if one first understands the reality God created – the reality that everything and everyone’s a part of – and then identifies the entity itself? Reality includes everything around and inside it, and inevitably includes us. Understanding the reality requires a metaphysical analysis of life and the universe and metaphysics reaches an incredibly new level if the knowledge of the Western sciences is merged with the everlasting ideas of the Eastern spiritual philosophies! With multiple perspectives making the reader constantly inquisitive, The Concept of ‘God’ merges the knowledge of science and spirituality to understand the nature of life and reality and then finds out who the all-powerful God is!

Author : P. Koslowski
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1402000545

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The Concept of God, the Origin of the World, and the Image of the Human in the World Religions by P. Koslowski Pdf

The five-volume series was designed for the World Exposition Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany to contribute to the dialogue of the world religions. After an introduction to the conflict of religion and the mission of a philosophy of the world religions, scholars of philosophy and religion from the east and west ring the three themes through the perspectives of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The 12 talks were presented to the first discourse, in Emden, German in September 1999. There is no subject index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Daniel A. Dombrowski
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438459370

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A History of the Concept of God by Daniel A. Dombrowski Pdf

A history of the concept of God through the lens of process thought.

Author : Reza Aslan
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780553394733

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God by Reza Aslan Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity’s quest to make sense of the divine in this concise and fascinating history of our understanding of God. In Zealot, Reza Aslan replaced the staid, well-worn portrayal of Jesus of Nazareth with a startling new image of the man in all his contradictions. In his new book, Aslan takes on a subject even more immense: God, writ large. In layered prose and with thoughtful, accessible scholarship, Aslan narrates the history of religion as a remarkably cohesive attempt to understand the divine by giving it human traits and emotions. According to Aslan, this innate desire to humanize God is hardwired in our brains, making it a central feature of nearly every religious tradition. As Aslan writes, “Whether we are aware of it or not, and regardless of whether we’re believers or not, what the vast majority of us think about when we think about God is a divine version of ourselves.” But this projection is not without consequences. We bestow upon God not just all that is good in human nature—our compassion, our thirst for justice—but all that is bad in it: our greed, our bigotry, our penchant for violence. All these qualities inform our religions, cultures, and governments. More than just a history of our understanding of God, this book is an attempt to get to the root of this humanizing impulse in order to develop a more universal spirituality. Whether you believe in one God, many gods, or no god at all, God: A Human History will challenge the way you think about the divine and its role in our everyday lives. Praise for God “Timely, riveting, enlightening and necessary.”—HuffPost “Tantalizing . . . Driven by [Reza] Aslan’s grace and curiosity, God . . . helps us pan out from our troubled times, while asking us to consider a more expansive view of the divine in contemporary life.”—The Seattle Times “A fascinating exploration of the interaction of our humanity and God.”—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “[Aslan’s] slim, yet ambitious book [is] the story of how humans have created God with a capital G, and it’s thoroughly mind-blowing.”—Los Angeles Review of Books “Aslan is a born storyteller, and there is much to enjoy in this intelligent survey.”—San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : God
ISBN : HARVARD:32044021188206

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The Evolution of the Idea of God by Grant Allen Pdf

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015012206523

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The Concept of God by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

This anthology contains a representative sample of some of the best contemporary philosophical work concerning the traditional Judeo-Christian concept of God.

Author : Richard M. Gale
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107142350

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On the Nature and Existence of God by Richard M. Gale Pdf

This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.

Author : Thomas V. Morris
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1573831018

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Our Idea of God by Thomas V. Morris Pdf

Author : Christopher Hitchens
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 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.

Author : Werner G. Jeanrond,Aasulv Lande
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : God
ISBN : 1570755868

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The Concept of God in Global Dialogue by Werner G. Jeanrond,Aasulv Lande Pdf

Explores how the concept of God and the divine function in different scultural contexts and how a global dialogue on God can be conducted.Twelve scholars from diverse nations and faith traditions work in an interdisciplinary framework to illuminate three key issues: models and paradigms for interreligious dialogue; contemporary discussions on the Christian concept of God; and the ways in which concepts of the divine have had an impact on Japanese Buddhism and on Christianity.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433501159

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Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig Pdf

This updated edition by one of the world's leading apologists presents a systematic, positive case for Christianity that reflects the latest work in the contemporary hard sciences and humanities. Brilliant and accessible.

Author : Henry Jansen
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9051838123

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Relationality and the Concept of God by Henry Jansen Pdf

Classical theism, the dominant tradition in Christian theology, has stressed the metaphysical concept of God, i.e., God's ontological transcendence and independence from the world. In this century, however, this concept of God has increasingly met with criticism. On the basis of the Bible and new philosophical considerations, it is argued that a relational concept of God better answers the fundamental concerns of the Christian faith. In this book the author investigates the questions of whether one can conceive of God apart from the metaphysical attributes and whether reflection on the biblical depiction of God leads necessarily to a relational concept of God. The author explores the questions by examining the relational concepts of God found in two contemporary German theologians, Jurgen Moltmann and Wolfhart Pannenberg, and uses the divine attribute of immutability as a focus for the discussion. He argues that the relational concept of God presupposes another metaphysical conception of God, which raises problems as serious as those in classical theism, and that the Bible itself, because of its nature as a narrative text, is ambiguous in many respects as far as God is concerned. A truly Christian doctrine of God must take both the metaphysical and relational aspects of God into account."

Author : Zakir Naik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1078452768

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The Concept of GOD in Major Religions by Zakir Naik Pdf

There has always been a question in the minds of people about the existence of God. All major religions have believed in one god or another. Thus, believing in a supreme being that is omnipotent and omniscience is essential to the existence of mankind.This small book tackles the issue of existence of God from a different perspective including starting off with how different people view God. It first categorizes the belief of the major religions into 5 types of religions. Then, it describes the concept of God for world's several major religions including Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, and others. The book ends with a detailed analysis of concept of God in Islam and how it perfects the concept of God.

Author : Andrew A. Buckareff,Yujin Nagasawa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198722250

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Alternative Concepts of God by Andrew A. Buckareff,Yujin Nagasawa Pdf

According to traditional Judeo-Christian-Islamic theism, God is an omniscient, omnipotent, and morally perfect agent. This volume shows that philosophy of religion needs to take seriously alternative concepts of the divine, and demonstrates the considerable philosophical interest that they hold.