Ultimate End

Author : Walter J. Schultz
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647564869

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Jonathan Edwards' Concerning The End for Which God Created the World by Walter J. Schultz Pdf

This book is an exposition of Jonathan Edwards' argumentation in his dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World. In addition to stating Edwards' theses regarding God's end and motivation in creation, this book identifies and discusses the assumptions of his argumentation, analyses and explains its crucial components, and explores its philosophical implications. These implications include a version of exemplarism (i.e., the nature of God's ideas for creation), dispositionalism (i.e., the characteristics of God which explain God's motivation), and emanationism (i.e., what God shares of himself with persons who have a living faith in Christ). These entail a view of idealism (i.e., a view of the ultimate ontological ground of the universe), God's temporal nature, continuous creationism (i.e., how God sustains creation), a version of panentheism (i.e., how God, who is infinite, is related to creation, from which God is absolutely distinct), and occasionalism (i.e., the nature of causation of physical events or states of creation). These concepts and what they entail constitute a complete metaphysical system, providing a thoroughgoing divine action understanding of the foundation of reality. For Jonathan Edwards, God's acting according to his plans for his purposes in Christ is fundamental to all things. Were we to have an understanding of how the fundamental concepts of science, mathematics, and ordinary experience are related in reality to the God who acts for his original ultimate end in creation, sustaining the universe, while providentially guiding its affairs, and working redemption, we would have the opportunity to develop these as he had hoped, he pointed the way for others to follow.

Author : Marvel Comics
Publisher : Marvel Entertainment
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-06
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9781302483760

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Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The End For Which God Created the World by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

This classic is organized as follows: Introduction Containing Explanations of Terms and General Positions Chapter I. Wherein Is Considered, What Reason Teaches Concerning This Affair. Section I. Some things observed in general, which reason dictates Section II. Some further observations concerning those things which reason leads us to suppose God aimed at in the creation of the world Section III. Wherein it is considered how, on the supposition of God’s making the aforementioned things his last end, he manifests a supreme and ultimate regard to himself in all his works Section IV. Some objections considered, which may be made against the reasonableness of what has been said of God making himself his last end. Chapter II. Wherein If It Is Inquired, What Is To Be Learned From Holy Scriptures, Concerning God’s Last End In The Creation Of The World Section I. The Scriptures represent God as making himself his own last end in the creation of the world Section II. Wherein some positions are advanced concerning a just method of arguing in this affair, from what we find in the Holy Scriptures Section III. Particular texts of Scripture, that show that God’s glory is an ultimate end of the creation Section IV. Places of Scripture that lead us to suppose, that God created the world for his name, to make his perfections known; and that he made it for his praise. Section V. Places of Scripture from whence it may be argued, that communication of good to the creature, was one thing which God had in view, as an ultimate end of the creation of the world. Section VI. Wherein is considered what is meant by the glory of God and the name of God in Scripture, when spoken of as God’s end in his works Section VII. Showing that the ultimate End of the Creation of the World is but one, and what that one end is.

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Religion
ISBN : MINN:31951002032031M

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Dissertation of the end for which God created the world. Dissertation on the nature of true virtue. History of the work of redemption. An attempt to promote explicit agreement and visible union of God's people in extraordinary prayer. Distinguishing marks of a work of the spirit of God by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : Jonathan Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1856
Category : Congregational churches
ISBN : CUB:U183031585570

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The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards Pdf

Author : Brian Davies,Eleonore Stump
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199716999

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The Oxford Handbook of Aquinas by Brian Davies,Eleonore Stump Pdf

Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) lived an active, demanding academic and ecclesiastical life that ended while he was still comparatively young. He nonetheless produced many works, varying in length from a few pages to a few volumes. The present book is an introduction to this influential author and a guide to his thought on almost all the major topics on which he wrote. The book begins with an account of Aquinas's life and works. The next section contains a series of essays that set Aquinas in his intellectual context. They focus on the philosophical sources that are likely to have influenced his thinking, the most prominent of which were certain Greek philosophers (chiefly Aristotle), Latin Christian writers (such as Augustine), and Jewish and Islamic authors (such as Maimonides and Avicenna). The subsequent sections of the book address topics that Aquinas himself discussed. These include metaphysics, the existence and nature of God, ethics and action theory, epistemology, philosophy of mind and human nature, the nature of language, and an array of theological topics, including Trinity, Incarnation, sacraments, resurrection, and the problem of evil, among others. These sections include more than thirty contributions on topics central to Aquinas's own worldview. The final sections of the volume address the development of Aquinas's thought and its historical influence. Any attempt to present the views of a philosopher in an earlier historical period that is meant to foster reflection on that thinker's views needs to be both historically faithful and also philosophically engaged. The present book combines both exposition and evaluation insofar as its contributors have space to engage in both. This Handbook is therefore meant to be useful to someone wanting to learn about Aquinas's philosophy and theology while also looking for help in philosophical interaction with it.

Author : Peter A. Victor,Brett Dolter
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783473564

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Handbook on Growth and Sustainability by Peter A. Victor,Brett Dolter Pdf

This Handbook assembles original contributions from influential authors such as Herman Daly, Paul Ekins, Marina Fischer-Kowalski, Jeroen van den Bergh, William E. Rees and Tim Jackson who have helped to define our understanding of growth and sustainability. The Handbook also presents new contributions on topics such as degrowth, the debt-based financial system, cultural change, energy return on investment, shorter working hours and employment, and innovation and technology. Explorations of these issues can deepen our understanding of whether growth is sustainable and, in turn, whether a move away from growth can be sustained. With issues such as climate change looming large, our understanding of growth and sustainability is critical. This Handbook offers a broad range of perspectives that can help the reader to decide: Growth? Sustainability? Both? Or neither?

Author : Rajendra M. Chakrabarti
Publisher : Notion Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781684660445

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Happiness and Well-Being by Rajendra M. Chakrabarti Pdf

The book seeks to answer the following main questions: What is meant by happiness? What are the sources of happiness? What is meant by the well-being of man? What is the end in human life? When can we say that a man is successful in life? How can he be happy and successful? It is argued that happiness is not pleasure; it does not come through high income and consumption; beyond certain levels income and consumption cause dissatisfaction, unhappiness and alienation. The book upholds the Aristotelian view that happiness means living well – living a life of excellence. It discusses how moral judgment and habituation help the development of good life. It analyses paths of spiritual liberation, the highest state of human happiness. It also argues for a liberal state where people enjoy different negative and positive freedoms making possible flourishing of human diversities

Author : Lawrence C. Becker,Charlotte B. Becker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 4672 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781135351038

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Encyclopedia of Ethics by Lawrence C. Becker,Charlotte B. Becker Pdf

The editors, working with a team of 325 renowned authorities in the field of ethics, have revised, expanded and updated this classic encyclopedia. Along with the addition of 150 new entries, all of the original articles have been newly peer-reviewed and revised, bibliographies have been updated throughout, and the overall design of the work has been enhanced for easier access to cross-references and other reference features. New entries include * Cheating * Dirty hands * Gay ethics * Holocaust * Journalism * Political correctness * and many more.

Author : Thomas Reid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IBSC:SC000016022

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Essays on the Intellectual Powers of the Human Mind to Wich are Added an Essay on Quantity and an Analysis of Aristoteles Logic by Thomas Reid Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015067971310

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The Biblical Repository and Classical Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sang Hyun Lee
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780691203140

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The Princeton Companion to Jonathan Edwards by Sang Hyun Lee Pdf

Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758) is widely recognized as one of the greatest philosopher-theologians America has ever produced, and recent years have seen a remarkable increase in research on his writings. To date, however, there has been no single authoritative volume that introduces and interprets the key aspects of Edwards' thought as a whole. The Princeton Companion to Jonathan Edwards provides just such a concise and comprehensive work, one that will be invaluable to students and scholars of American religion and theology as well as of literature, philosophy, and history. Comprising twenty essays by leading scholars on Edwards, the book will inform and challenge readers on subjects ranging from Edwards' understanding of the Trinity, God and the world, Christ, and salvation, as well as of history, typology, the church, and mission to Native Americans. It also includes a chronology of Edwards' life and writings that incorporates current research. Those familiar with Edwards' writings will find in these essays succinct expositions as well as bold new interpretations, and others will find an accessible, authoritative, up-to-date orientation to his multifaceted thought. The essays are by Robert E. Brown, Allen C. Guezlo, Robert W. Jenson, Wilson H. Kimnach, Janice Knight, Sang Hyun Lee, Gerald R. McDermott, Kenneth P. Minkema, Mark Noll, Richard R. Niebuhr, Amy Plantinga Pauw, John E. Smith, Stephen J. Stein, Harry S. Stout, Douglas A. Sweeney, Peter J. Thuesen, and John F. Wilson.

Author : Gaven Kerr
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783868382716

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Collected Articles on the Existence of God by Gaven Kerr Pdf

The twentieth century witnessed an explosion of scholarly interest in the philosophical thought of St Thomas Aquinas. One of the fruits of that Thomistic revival was an uncovering of St Thomas’s original contributions to many areas of philosophy, not least metaphysics. In the twenty first century, there has been renewed interest in Aquinas’s argumentation for the existence of God. This interest flows from an engagement with the work of the twentieth century scholars in presenting Aquinas’s own characteristic metaphysics. What we have seen is an interpretation and presentation of Aquinas’s proofs for God’s existence in terms of Thomas’s unique insights into the nature of being and the metaphysical structure of reality. Gaven Kerr has been one such author who has contributed in numerous ways to the revival of interest in Aquinas’s argumentation for the existence of God and its metaphysical buttressing. Over the last ten years Kerr has published articles on Aquinas’s various proofs for God’s existence and the metaphysics standing behind those proofs; this volume draws together those articles. Herein are included Kerr’s articles on per se ordered series, existential inertia, the proof in De Ente et Essentia, the argument from motion in the Summa Contra Gentiles, and the five ways themselves. Kerr has also written two new articles for this volume: one on the possibility of demonstrating God’s existence, and the other on how to move from God’s existence to God’s nature. This volume offers an overview of Kerr’s thinking over the last decade on Aquinas’s thought on the existence of God.

Author : William Lane Craig
Publisher : Springer
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1980-06-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781349049936

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The Cosmological Argument from Plato to Leibniz by William Lane Craig Pdf

Author : Talcott Parsons
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985-04-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226647494

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Talcott Parsons on Institutions and Social Evolution by Talcott Parsons Pdf

Offering a diverse set of contributions to current social contracting research, this volume illustrates how social contracts necessarily underlie and facilitate all forms of capitalist production and exchange. The editors bring together novel contributions from fields as diverse as economics, evolutionary game theory, contract law, business ethics, moral philosophy and anthropology to offer multifaceted but subtly intertwined perspectives on fundamental questions concerning human cooperation.