Theology And Metaphysics

Author : James Richmond
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Religion
ISBN : UCAL:B3374969

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Theology and Metaphysics by James Richmond Pdf

The 'problem' of natural theology is examined in the contexts both of Continental Europe and Anglo-Saxon circles. The 'nature' of natural theology is redefined in terms of the construction of a metaphysical map of the experienced world, and the main areas of experience significant for the natural theologian are delineated and analyzed. An attempt is made to demonstrate the logic involved in moving from such a map of the existence and activity of a transcendent personal ground of the world. Thus during its course, a doctrine is sketched of the human self as an analogue for theistic thinking and discourse. Throughout the argument, the author tries to anticipate and meet the objections of both philosophical sceptics and Christian fideists. [Book jacket].

Author : Kevin W. Hector
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781139503280

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Theology without Metaphysics by Kevin W. Hector Pdf

One of the central arguments of post-metaphysical theology is that language is inherently 'metaphysical' and consequently that it shoehorns objects into predetermined categories. Because God is beyond such categories, it follows that language cannot apply to God. Drawing on recent work in theology and philosophy of language, Kevin Hector develops an alternative account of language and its relation to God, demonstrating that one need not choose between fitting God into a metaphysical framework, on the one hand, and keeping God at a distance from language, on the other. Hector thus elaborates a 'therapeutic' response to metaphysics: given the extent to which metaphysical presuppositions about language have become embedded in common sense, he argues that metaphysics can be fully overcome only by defending an alternative account of language and its application to God, so as to strip such presuppositions of their apparent self-evidence and release us from their grip.

Author : Conor Cunningham,Peter M. Candler
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334041375

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Belief and Metaphysics by Conor Cunningham,Peter M. Candler Pdf

This is an exciting, distinguished and indeed brave volume on the relation between belief and metaphysics. The volume of twenty essays is exciting in that the points of entry to the question of relation and styles of discourse are so varied, while less-established voices are allowed to sound with the more established; it is distinguished not simply because of its many famous names, but because it unites in one volume analytic and continental philosophical approaches to the issue to the common purpose of retrieving yet also reconceiving metaphysics; and it is brave in that not only does it refuse to indulge the contemporary prejudice against metaphysics and the necessity for belief to forgo the comfort of relation, but brings to the surface postmodernity's own penchant for axiomatics and its containment of the religious by uncoupling it from metaphysical commitments." -Cyril O'Regan, Catherine F. Huisking Professor of Theology, Department of Theology, Notre Dame "Without metaphysics theology is boring, some one says in this book; without theology metaphysics goes nowhere, some one else says. Of course it depends what you mean by metaphysics and for that matter theology. There is more than enough here to interest, entertain, and even enrage philosophers and especially theologians. A MARVELLOUS COLLECTION!" -Fergus Kerr O.P., Honorary Fellow in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh "This is a truly splendid collection of essays, admirable not only for its range, but for its depth. It would be hard to assemble a more distinguished cast of contributors, and harder still to find another volume that offers comparably rich and varied reflections on the profund relation between faith and metaphysical reasoning." -David Bentley Ha

Author : Robert Royal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1587311054

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The Catholic Thing by Robert Royal Pdf

The Catholic "thing" - the concrete historical reality of Catholicism as a presence in human history - is the richest cultural tradition in the world. It values both faith and reason, and therefore has a great deal to say about politics and economics, war and peace, manners and morals, children and families, careers and vocations, and many other perennial and contemporary questions. In addition, it has inspired some of the greatest art, music, and architecture, while offering unparalleled human solidarity to tens of millions through hospitals, soup kitchens, schools, universities, and relief services. This volume brings together some of the very best commentary on a wide range of recent events and controversies by some of the very best Catholic writers in the English language: Ralph McInerny, Michael Novak, Fr. James V. Schall, Hadley Arkes, Robert Royal, Anthony Esolen, Brad Miner, George Marlin, David Warren, Austin Ruse, Francis Beckwith, and many others. Their contributions cover large Catholic subjects such as philosophy and theology, liturgy and Church dogma, postmodern culture, the Church and modern politics, literature, and music. But they also look into specific contemporary problems such as religious liberty, the role of Catholic officials in public life, growing moral hazards in bio-medical advances, and such like. The Catholic Thing is a virtual encyclopedia of Catholic thought about modern life.

Author : Mark A. Wrathall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521531969

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Religion After Metaphysics by Mark A. Wrathall Pdf

How should we understand religion, and what place should it hold, in an age in which metaphysics has come into disrepute? The metaphysical assumptions which supported traditional theologies are no longer widely accepted, but it is not clear how this 'end of metaphysics' should be understood, nor what implications it ought to have for our understanding of religion. At the same time there is renewed interest in the sacred and the divine in disciplines as varied as philosophy, psychology, literature, history, anthropology, and cultural studies. In this volume, leading philosophers in the United States and Europe address the decline of metaphysics and the space which this decline has opened for non-theological understandings of religion. The contributors include Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Jean-Luc Marion, Gianni Vattimo, Hubert Dreyfus, Robert Pippin, John Caputo, Adriaan Peperzak, Leora Batnitzky, and Mark Wrathall.

Author : Anthony Bartlett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725264205

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Theology Beyond Metaphysics by Anthony Bartlett Pdf

A theory of human origins that is one-half Charles Darwin and one-half Cain and Abel is bound to entail a lot of rethinking of traditional themes. Rene Girard's thesis of original human violence and the Bible's power to reveal it has been around for more than a generation, but its consequences for Christian theology are still only slowly being unpacked. Anthony Bartlett's book makes a signal contribution, representing an astonishing leap forward in understanding what a biblical disclosure of founding violence means for Christian thought and life. If human language arose directly out of the primal experience of murder, then semiotics becomes a core area for theological examination. Tracing the discipline of semiotics through postmodern thinkers, then back through its birth in the Latin era, Bartlett shows how Girard's thought is itself a semiotic emergence, beyond standard Christian metaphysics. Above all, Girardian theory of human signs demands we see the generative impact of violence in our language and thought, and then, conversely, that the Word of God, crucified without retaliation and risen in the same identity, brings a totally new sign and relation into history, offering a thoroughgoing transformation of human life and meaning.

Author : John Panteleimon Manoussakis
Publisher : Indiana University Press (Ips)
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015069301284

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God After Metaphysics by John Panteleimon Manoussakis Pdf

A new way of thinking about God and religious experience.

Author : William Hasker
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191503733

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Metaphysics and the Tri-Personal God by William Hasker Pdf

This is the first full-length study of the doctrine of the Trinity from the standpoint of analytic philosophical theology. William Hasker reviews the evidence concerning fourth-century pro-Nicene trinitarianism in the light of recent developments in the scholarship on this period, arguing for particular interpretations of crucial concepts. He then reviews and criticizes recent work on the issue of the divine three-in-oneness, including systematic theologians such as Barth, Rahner, Moltmann, and Zizioulas, and analytic philosophers of religion such as Leftow, van Inwagen, Craig, and Swinburne. In the final part of the book he develops a carefully articulated social doctrine of the Trinity which is coherent, intelligible, and faithful to scripture and tradition.

Author : Peter R. Baelz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Christianity
ISBN : UOM:39015026301377

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Christian Theology and Metaphysics by Peter R. Baelz Pdf

Author : Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725237285

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Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern by Christopher Ben Simpson Pdf

William Desmond's original and creative work in metaphysics is attracting more and more attention from philosophers of religion. Putting Desmond in conversation with John D. Caputo, an important philosopher of religion from the Continental tradition, Christopher Ben Simpson casts new light on Desmond's complex, multifaceted, and nuanced thought. The comparative approach allows Simpson to get at the core of recent debates in the philosophy of religion. He develops a rich understanding of how ethics and religion are informed by metaphysics, and contrasts this approach to the decidedly anti-metaphysical stance in Continental philosophy. Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern presents a systematic analysis of Desmond's thought as it advances work on Caputo's thinking and on the philosophy of religion.

Author : Scott Charles MacDonald
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0801497795

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Being and Goodness by Scott Charles MacDonald Pdf

In exploring this tradition of philosophical reflection on the nature of goodness, the twelve essays in this book (all but two published here for the first time) present some of the best recent historical scholarship in...

Author : Piotr Jaroszyński
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401203852

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Science in Culture by Piotr Jaroszyński Pdf

This book tries to uncover science’s discoverer and explain why the conception of science has been changing during the centuries, and why science can be beneficial and dangerous for humanity. Far from being hermetic, this research can be interesting for all who want to understand deeper what really conditions the place of science in culture.

Author : Michael Frede,David Owain Maurice Charles
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198237642

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Aristotle's Metaphysics Lambda by Michael Frede,David Owain Maurice Charles Pdf

A distinguished group of scholars of ancient philosophy here presents a systematic study of the twelfth book of Aristotle's Metaphysics. Lambda, which can be regarded as a self-standing treatise on substance, has been attracting particular attention in recent years, and was chosen as the focusof the fourteenth Symposium Aristotelicum, from which this volume derives. At the Symposium, each of Lambda's ten chapters was taken in turn as the subject of a session at which a specially written paper was read to and discussed by the assembled symposiasts. (The ninth chapter commanded twosessions by dint of its particular difficulty.) The papers have been revised in the light of discussion, and are now offered to a wider audience as a discursive commentary on points of particular philosophical interest covering all of Lambda. Michael Frede's extensive Introduction aims to give abroader view of Lambda as a whole and the problems it raises, and thus to provide the context for the discussion of each of the chapters. This volume will be a resource of great value and interest for anyone working on ancient metaphysics and theology.

Author : Ray C. Robles
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567713759

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Theological Metaphysics by Ray C. Robles Pdf

Insofar as Christian theology aims to make truthful claims about the nature of reality, it is necessarily involved in the enterprise of metaphysics. Pentecostals, precisely as Christians, are thus obliged to participate. Through this study it becomes evident that pentecostals aim to participate in the metaphysical discipline in the same way they theologize - that is, informed by the norms, practices, and speech acts that constitute their spirituality. This book aims to construct a Christian metaphysics that is at once attuned to pentecostal spirituality/theology and informed by the classical tradition of Christian metaphysics. Ultimately, this work offers a constructive and critical engagement with pentecostal spirituality, and with pentecostal theology via the larger ecumenical, creedal, and dogmatic metaphysical tradition. Thus, this book is explicitly and intentionally limited to understand metaphysics in conversation with the historical Christian tradition, and to understand a pentecostal vision of it.

Author : Johannes Zachhuber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198859956

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The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics by Johannes Zachhuber Pdf

It has rarely been recognized that the Christian writers of the first millennium pursued an ambitious and exciting philosophical project alongside their engagement in the doctrinal controversies of their age. The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics offers, for the first time, a full analysis of this Patristic philosophy. It shows how it took its distinctive shape in the late fourth century and gives an account of its subsequent development until the time of John of Damascus. The book falls into three main parts. The first starts with an analysis of the philosophical project underlying the teaching of the Cappadocian fathers, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus. This philosophy, arguably the first distinctively Christian theory of being, soon became near-universally shared in Eastern Christianity. Just a few decades after the Cappadocians, all sides in the early Christological controversy took its fundamental tenets for granted. Its application to the Christological problem thus appeared inevitable. Yet it created substantial conceptual problems. Parts two and three describe in detail how these problems led to a series of increasingly radical modifications of the Cappadocian philosophy. In part two, Zachhuber explores the miaphysite opponents of the Council of Chalcedon, while in part three he discusses the defenders of the Council from the early sixth to the eighth century. Through this overview, the book reveals this period as one of remarkable philosophical creativity, fecundity, and innovation.