Philosophy of religion

We have been accustomed to be told that the greatest thing in the religious world is Faith.

Two very startling things arrest us in John's vision of the future.

In The Changed Life, Henry Drummond instructs us on how we may change our lives to be more like Christ.

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St.

The City of the Sun is a dialogue between "e;a Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller and a Genoese Sea-Captain,"e; The book describes a theocratic society where goods, women and children are held in common.

God has spoken to us in the Scriptures in divers portions and in divers manners; but the voice is ever the same, it is always the Word of the same God.

In 1804 Thomas Jefferson decided to study the gospels to see if he could distill the essence of Jesus' teachings into a concise book that could be quickly read and easily understood.

This Treatise which I now present you, may be in some way serviceable to you, and that in it you will meet with many wholesome considerations which you would not elsewhere so easily find.

In Heretics, Gilbert K.

The New Jerusalem and its Heavenly Doctrine is a wonderful introduction to the beliefs of the New Church and an overview of its theological foundations.

A wonderful introduction to the beliefs of the New Church and an overview of its theological foundations.

Man is spirit.

Cross of Man is a Christian book that explores the past, present, and future of humanity in relation to Bible prophesy.

The prophet Amos is known for fiery messages directed at the elites of the northern kingdom of Israel in ancient times.

Should the Byzantine text-type be considered valuable in determining the original text of the New Testament?

For a serious book of philosophy, where better to begin to canvass various philosophical concepts and arguments than in relation to what is so familiar to every one of us -- the fact that we all have many and varied beliefs.

Since the rise of modern biblical scholarship there has not been unanimity as to how to characterize Paul.

What do the letters of John, tucked away near the end of the New Testament, tell us other than that we ought to love one another?

What if someone you thought you knew very well started behaving strangely?

Is there a guide to Christian ministry that is both relevant and rooted in church history?

How does one read the literature of a patriarchal society in a 21st century context?

Do the things we believe about God as creator make any difference in the way we act in the world?

Can Christian belief be warranted?

Can there be a spiritually rich engagement between Hindus and Christians?

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

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.

What has Star Trek to do with eternal life?

- Is the existence of God a matter of faith or knowledge?

In 1965, the Second Vatican Council formally issued a historic document titled Nostra Aetate (In Our Time).

Revolutionary France of 1789 was the world's first post-Christian society.

This study puts the thought of Evagrius Ponticus, a fourth-century theologian, into dialogue with modern cognitive science in regard to the topic of evil, specifically moral evil.

In How Free Will Works, Steven M.

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

The global world debates secularism, freedom of belief, faith-based norms, the state's arbitration of religious conflicts, and the place of the sacred in the public sphere.

Paul L.

The divisions that mark my subject are three.

- Is a powerful position a guarantee that a religion will continue?

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

Religious diversity is a persistent theological predicament for Christian thinkers.

As a global religion with growing numbers of expressions, Christianity calls for deepening relationships across traditions while also formulating collaborative visions.

The 9/11 al-Qaeda attacks on the U.

In an increasingly polarized world atheists and religious fundamentalists still agree on one thing: how God must be defined.

Finding Grace with God: A Phenomenological Reading of the Annunciation engages in an interweaving of phenomenology, mystical theology, and feminist philosophy to unfold a theopoetic interpretation of the narrative of the Annunciation in the Gospel of Luke.

This volume poses the question of the relationship between the two main influences on the thought of John D.

Apostolic and Prophetic promotes a vision of the church as apostolic, ecumenical, and radical.

Catherine Cornille, Boston CollegeDavid Tracy, University of Chicago Divinity SchoolWerner Jeanrond, University of GlasgowMarianne Moyaert, University of LeuvenJohn Maraldo, University of North FloridaReza Shah-Kazemi, Institute of Ismaili StudiesMalcolm David Eckel, Boston UniversityJoseph S.

The works of Emmanuel Levinas, a survivor of the Nazi horror, are striking in the constancy of their thought and the strength of their appeal.

Once upon a time, on grounds of both religion and common sense, people assumed that the earth was flat and that the sun literally rose and set each day.

The discussions about subject and validation in our late modernity tend to oscillate between the "e;weak"e; self of postmodernity ("e;empty"e; or "e;rhetorical"e;) and neo-Cartesian versions trying, as they do, to recover a discredited foundation.

Skepticism, Relativism, and Religious Knowledge examines the challenges of skepticism and relativism to religious knowledge after the demise of classical foundationalism.