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Objective Religion

Author : Byron R. Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481319614
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Objective Religion written by Byron R. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2024-01-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though many scholars and commentators have predicted the death of religion, the world is more religious today than ever before. And yet, despite the persistence of religion, it remains a woefully understudied phenomenon. With Objective Religion, Baylor University Press and Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion have combined forces to gather select articles from the Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion that not only highlight the journal's wide-ranging and diverse scope, but also advance the field through a careful arrangement of topics with ongoing relevance, all treated with scientific objectivity and the respect warranted by matters of faith. This multivolume project seeks to advance our understanding of religion and spirituality in general as well as particular religious beliefs and practices. These volumes thereby serve as a catalyst for future studies of religion from diverse disciplines and fields of inquiry including sociology, psychology, political science, demography, economics, philosophy, ethics, history, medicine, population health, epidemiology, and theology. The articles in this volume, Freedom, Politics, Secularization, use rigorous methodologies to scrutinize profoundly important topics that are so often misunderstood. In this way Objective Religion helps us rethink the conventional beliefs and stereotypes that occupy so much of popular discourse on religion.

Faith and Reason

Author : Richard Swinburne
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191536288
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Faith and Reason written by Richard Swinburne and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Swinburne presents a new edition of the final volume of his acclaimed trilogy on philosophical theology. Faith and Reason is a self-standing examination of the implications for religious faith of Swinburne's famous arguments about the coherence of theism and the existence of God. By practising a particular religion, a person seeks to achieve some or all of three goals - that he worships and obeys God, gains salvation for himself, and helps others to attain their salvation. But not all religions commend worship, and different religions have different conceptions of salvation. Faced with these differences, Richard Swinburne argues that we should practice that religion which has the best goals and is more probably true than the creeds of other religions. He proposes criteria by which to determine the probabilities of different religious creeds, and he argues that, while requiring total commitment, faith does not demand fully convinced belief. While maintaining the same structure and conclusions as the original classic, this second edition has been substantially rewritten, both in order to relate its ideas more closely to those of classical theologians and philosophers and to respond to more recent views. In particular he discusses, and ultimately rejects, the view of Alvin Plantinga that the 'warrant' of a belief depends on the process which produced it, and John Hick's contention that all religions offer valid paths to salvation.

An Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Religion

Author : Raymond K. Williamson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438424132
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Religion by : Raymond K. Williamson

Download or read book An Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Religion written by Raymond K. Williamson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1984-06-30 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Hegel, thought is not philosophical if it is not also religious. Both religion and philosophy have a common object and share the same content, for both are concerned with the inherent unity of all things. Hegel's doctrine of God provides the means for understanding this fundamental relationship. Although Hegel stated that God is absolute Spirit and Christianity is the absolute religion, the compatibility of Hegel's doctrine of God with Christian theology has been a matter of continuing and closely argued debate. Williamson's book provides a significant contribution to this ongoing discussion through a systematic study of Hegel's concept of God. The book proceeds by investigating theism, atheism, pantheism, and panentheism as descriptions of Hegel's concept. It rejects the view that Hegel's doctrine so differs from Christian theology so as to be empty of religious content and thereby highlights some important considerations in contemporary theology.

Objective Religion

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ISBN 13 : 9781481314275
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Objective Religion written by and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of articles from "Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion" that documents the pervasiveness of religion and demonstrates the complex ways faith remains important for societies all over the world.

Chance or Purpose?

Author : Christoph Schoenborn
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681490854
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Chance or Purpose? written by Christoph Schoenborn and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2009-09-03 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn's article on evolution and creation in The New York Times launched an international controversy. Critics charged him with biblical literalism and 'creationism'. In this book, Cardinal Schönborn responds to his critics by tackling the hard questions with a carefully reasoned "theology of creation". Can we still speak intelligently of the world as 'creation' and affirm the existence of the Creator, or is God a 'delusion'? How should an informed believer read Genesis? If God exists, why is there so much injustice and suffering? Are human beings a part of nature or elevated above it? What is man's destiny? Is everything a matter of chance or can we discern purpose in human existence? In his treatment of evolution, Cardinal Schönborn distinguishes the biological theory from 'evolutionism', the ideology that tries to reduce all of reality to mindless, meaningless processes. He argues that science and a rationally grounded faith are not at odds and that what many people represent as 'science' is really a set of philosophical positions that will not withstand critical scrutiny. Chance or Purpose? directly raises the philosophical and theological issues many scientists today overlook or ignore. The result is a vigorous, frank dialogue that acknowledges the respective insights of the philosopher, the theologian and the scientist, but which calls on them to listen and to learn from each another.

Religion without God

Author : Ronald Dworkin
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674728041
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)

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Download or read book Religion without God written by Ronald Dworkin and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his last book, Ronald Dworkin addresses questions that men and women have asked through the ages: What is religion and what is God’s place in it? What is death and what is immortality? Based on the 2011 Einstein Lectures, Religion without God is inspired by remarks Einstein made that if religion consists of awe toward mysteries which “manifest themselves in the highest wisdom and the most radiant beauty, and which our dull faculties can comprehend only in the most primitive forms,” then, he, Einstein, was a religious person. Dworkin joins Einstein’s sense of cosmic mystery and beauty to the claim that value is objective, independent of mind, and immanent in the world. He rejects the metaphysics of naturalism—that nothing is real except what can be studied by the natural sciences. Belief in God is one manifestation of this deeper worldview, but not the only one. The conviction that God underwrites value presupposes a prior commitment to the independent reality of that value—a commitment that is available to nonbelievers as well. So theists share a commitment with some atheists that is more fundamental than what divides them. Freedom of religion should flow not from a respect for belief in God but from the right to ethical independence. Dworkin hoped that this short book would contribute to rational conversation and the softening of religious fear and hatred. Religion without God is the work of a humanist who recognized both the possibilities and limitations of humanity.

Philosophy of Religion

Author : Keith E. Yandell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134827237
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Religion written by Keith E. Yandell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lucid introduction to the philosophy of religion Keith Yandell covers central issues and figures, as well as representative views from Judaism, Christianity, Islam Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

The Evolution of Religion

Author : Edward Caird
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Religion written by Edward Caird and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religion, Belief and Unbelief

Author : Antoon Vergote
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004671633
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Belief and Unbelief written by Antoon Vergote and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses attention on the central elements of human religious existence. Vergote's primary aim and viewpoint are clear: to examine empirically and to interpret dynamically the psychological factors at work in the field of religion. Vergote consistently adheres to the position that psychology is neither philosophy nor theology and that its task is not to explain religion. In this work he situates religion as a cultural fact and studies how persons orient themselves to it, positively and/or negatively. Rather than emphasise and juxtapose belief and unbelief as alternative positions, he sees them as threads of experiences interwoven throughout the human existence of persons and institutions. In this context he studies motivations and their ambivalences, religious experiences and their ambiguities, conflicts between religious belief and unbelief, and the various expressions and practices of religion.

The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge

Author : Albert Hauck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge written by Albert Hauck and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Philosophy of the Christian Religion

Author : Andrew Martin Fairbairn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of the Christian Religion written by Andrew Martin Fairbairn and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book I. Questions in the philosophy of nature and mind which affect belief in the supernatural person. -- book II. The person of Christ and the making of the Christian religion.

Religion Or Halakha

Author : Dov Shṿarts
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004157662
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Religion Or Halakha written by Dov Shṿarts and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the first stages of Soloveitchik's philosophy, through a systematic and detailed discussion of his essay Halakhic Man. Schwartz successfully exposes hidden layers in Halakhic Man, which may not be immediately evident.

Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion

Author : Andrew McKinnon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317053028
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Sociological Theory and the Question of Religion written by Andrew McKinnon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion lies near the heart of the classical sociological tradition, yet it no longer occupies the same place within the contemporary sociological enterprise. This relative absence has left sociology under-prepared for thinking about religion’s continuing importance in new issues, movements, and events in the twenty-first century. This book seeks to address this lacunae by offering a variety of theoretical perspectives on the study of religion that bridge the gap between mainstream concerns of sociologists and the sociology of religion. Following an assessment of the current state of the field, the authors develop an emerging critical perspective within the sociology of religion with particular focus on the importance of historical background. Re-assessing the themes of aesthetics, listening and different degrees of spiritual self-discipline, the authors draw on ethnographic studies of religious involvement in Norway and the UK. They highlight the importance of power in the sociology of religion with help from Pierre Bourdieu, Marx and Critical Discourse Analysis. This book points to emerging currents in the field and offers a productive and lively way forward, not just for sociological theory of religion, but for the sociology of religion more generally.

History, Religion, and Antisemitism

Author : Gavin I. Langmuir
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520912267
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book History, Religion, and Antisemitism written by Gavin I. Langmuir and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1990-05-08 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gavin I. Langmuir's work on the formation and nature of antisemitism has earned him an international reputation. In History, Religion, and Antisemitism he bravely confronts the problems that arise when historians have to describe and explain religious phenomena, as any historian of antisemitism must. How, and to what extent, can the historian be objective? Is it possible to discuss Christian attitudes toward Jews, for example, without adopting the historical explanations of those whose thoughts and actions one is discussing? What, exactly, does the historian mean by "religion" or "religious"? Langmuir's original and stimulating responses to these questions reflect his inquiry into the approaches of anthropology, sociology, and psychology and into recent empirical research on the functioning of the mind and the nature of thought. His distinction between religiosity, a property of individuals, and religion, a social phenomenon, allows him to place unusual emphasis on the role of religious doubts and tensions and the irrationality they can produce. Defining antisemitism as irrational beliefs about Jews, he distinguishes Christian anti-Judaism from Christian antisemitism, demonstrates that antisemitism emerged in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries because of rising Christian doubts, and sketches how the revolutionary changes in religion and mentality in the modern period brought new faiths, new kinds of religious doubt, and a deadlier expression of antisemitism. Although he developed it in dealing with the difficult question of antisemitism, Langmuir's approach to religious history is important for historians in all areas.

Understanding Theories of Religion

Author : Ivan Strenski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118457706
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Theories of Religion written by Ivan Strenski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring comprehensive updates and additions, the second edition of Understanding Theories of Religion explores the development of major theories of religion through the works of classic and contemporary figures. • A new edition of this introductory text exploring the core methods and theorists in religion, spanning the sixteenth-century through to the latest theoretical trends • Features an entirely new section covering religion and postmodernism; race, sex, and gender; and religion and postcolonialism • Examines the development of religious theories through the work of classic and contemporary figures from the history of anthropology, sociology, psychology, philosophy, and theology • Reveals how the study of religion evolved in response to great cultural conflicts and major historical events • Student-friendly features include chapter introductions and summaries, biographical vignettes, a timeline, a glossary, and many other learning aids

The Restructuring of American Religion

Author : Robert Wuthnow
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691224218
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Restructuring of American Religion written by Robert Wuthnow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The description for this book, The Restructuring of American Religion: Society and Faith since World War II, will be forthcoming.

Philosophy, Religion, and the Question of Intolerance

Author : Mehdi Amin Razavi
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791434475
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Religion, and the Question of Intolerance written by Mehdi Amin Razavi and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy, Religion, and the Question off Intolerance is a diverse collection of essays united by a common starting point and theme -- the awareness that intolerance is a phenomenon encountered in diverse places and circumstances and often handled with limited success. The question of toleration, together with its cultural, social, religious, and philosophical implications, are addressed by leading authorities who offer insights from an interdisciplinary perspective. The book begins with essays by three distinguished scholars, Robert Cummings Neville, J. B. Schneewind, and John McCumber. They assess the origins of intolerance, the genesis of our concept of toleration, and the outlook for the practice of tolerance in contemporary society. Beyond the opening essays, the collection is divided into three sections. The first concentrates on the relationship of religious faith and practice to toleration and inquires how religion might either impede or promote toleration. The second section deals primarily with questions regarding tolerance in the face of modern political realities. The final section discusses ethics, namely the philosophical analysis and definition of toleration as a virtue.