Philosophy of religion

Rabbi Gordon Fuller and Dr.

Philosophy of emotion is a vital topic within contemporary philosophy of mind.

The self-consciousness and human knowledge of Christ is a contemporary christological issue which seeks to understand the awareness that the God-man, Jesus Christ, possessed of himself during his life on earth.

To understand ourselves, and fulfill our roles on earth we need to look into the records of time for our origin and purpose.

Many philosophers since Hegel have been disturbed by the thought that philosophy inevitably favors sameness over otherness or identity over difference.

Many today place great hope in law as a vehicle for the transformation of society and accept that law is autonomous, universal, and above all, secular.

With an interdisciplinary approach, Edwards utilizes literature, aesthetics, world religions, and continental philosophy as avenues into the theology of natural beauty.

The theological and philosophical works of C.

This book develops a post-secular, post-sectarian political theology, taking that burgeoning field in a new direction.

In this book Donovan Roebert provides a path for Christians and Buddhists who wish to better understand the essential, living tenets of their own faith while exploring how these two great religious paths can provide insights of real benefit to adherents of either.

Everyone has experienced pain.

Polarization occurring in the United States today is not only a social concern, it's also a spiritual condition of the heart.

What Is a Man?

In recent years, a number of works have appeared with important implications for the age-old question of the existence of a god.

At present, every nation embraces a blend of two major economic philosophies: socialism and capitalism.

Many feel that work for Christian unity or ecumenism is not especially urgent or important in the complexities of our contemporary world.

It is hubris to claim answers to unanswerable questions.

Spanning various regions of Sub-Saharan Africa, the authors of this volume come together to explore the complex relationship between religion and democracy in contemporary Africa.

The Tragedy of Almightiness encircles the theme of human yearning for omnipotence, as expressed in religion and various ideologies.

In her latest book, What the Heavens Declare, Lydia Jaeger provides a detailed analysis of the role of the theistic doctrine of creation in the rise of modern science, with a particular focus on the natural order.

Wonder has often occupied a place of unique importance across a variety of human practices and intellectual activities.

Doing Justice: Knowing God represents a fundamentally new departure in ethical theory.

It is surely not coincidental that the term "e;soul"e; should mean not only the center of a creature's life and consciousness, but also a thing or action characterized by intense vivacity ("e;that bike's got soul!

The philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty was developing into a radical ontology when he died prematurely in 1961.

The theme of Islam and Judeo-Christianity is the relationship between these three faiths under three headings that are often promoted as a basis for commonality between them (sons of Abraham, monotheism, and religions of the book).

This book introduces Christian readers of the Bible to the otherworldly way in which the rabbis of ancient times interpreted sacred texts.

This ethnographic study focuses on the religious imagery and practices of a sample of Buddhist temples and Muslim mosques in the greater Los Angeles area.

Liturgical texts, repeated week after week by hundreds of thousands of people, are an ideal starting-point for exploring deep matters of faith.

Various ministry approaches have been utilized in Muslim nations in the past in order to lead lost souls into God's Kingdom.

Faith, doubt, and reason are universal human faculties, yet they are frequently misunderstood, denigrated, and even abused.

The Story of Jesus and the Twelve Disciplines remains to be one of the most powerful stories ever told about Christianity.

The idea of "e;salvation"e; tends to be interpreted as an exclusively religious category.

Most studies of Abraham Joshua Heschel approach him as a theologian, whereas this book peers behind the theologian and honors Heschel as the original philosopher that he was.

What is truth?

Spirituality is always developed and nurtured in community, and communities have particular spiritualities.

Throughout history, many Christians have existed on the margins of society; deviants and strangers in lands they call home.

John Heywood Thomas was probably the earliest twentieth-century British scholar to study Kierkegaard's texts.

The challenges and changes that take place when religions move from one cultural context to another present unique opportunities for interreligious dialogue.

Technopolis has no end in view other than bigger, faster, newer, and more.

Dan Barker, ex-preacher and co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, travels widely, arguing in debates and speaking on his beliefs that Christianity is false, God does not exist, and the Bible is filled with errors and mythology.

This book exhibits the richness and sophistication of Plotinian and Dionysian apophatic theologies by explicating their respective internal "e;logics.

Herbert McCabe struck those who met him (Alasdair MacIntyre, Anthony Kenny, Terry Eagleton, Denys Turner) or those who read his writings (David Burrell, Stanley Hauerwas) for his high intelligence.

In recent philosophy, theology, and critical theory, postmodern thought has been much criticized on specifically ethical and political grounds.

For nearly every important decision, we often receive the same advice: think for yourself.

From the Bible to the Quaraan, the fortieth day symbolizes the last moment before deliverance, a moment in time when a supplicant or prophet or stormbeaten passenger knows there is no state ';after,' but finally accepts the present state as a permanent one.

Holmes Rolston III has long been recognized as the father of environmental ethics.

In How Free Will Works, Steven M.

This book explores, in a manner that is readily accessible to those with little or no formal training in philosophy or theology, important questions concerning the rationality of belief in miracles.

Methexiology is not a particular theory, but rather a general philosophical orientation.

The adherents of Islam and Christianity comprise half of the world's population, or 3.