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Author: Alvin Plantinga Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199812101 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 376
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In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.
Author: Alvin Plantinga Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199812101 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 376
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In this long-awaited book, pre-eminent analytical philosopher Alvin Plantinga argues that the conflict between science and theistic religion is actually superficial, and that at a deeper level they are in concord.
Author: Jürgen Habermas Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0745694608 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 258
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Two countervailing trends mark the intellectual tenor of our age – the spread of naturalistic worldviews and religious orthodoxies. Advances in biogenetics, brain research, and robotics are clearing the way for the penetration of an objective scientific self-understanding of persons into everyday life. For philosophy, this trend is associated with the challenge of scientific naturalism. At the same time, we are witnessing an unexpected revitalization of religious traditions and the politicization of religious communities across the world. From a philosophical perspective, this revival of religious energies poses the challenge of a fundamentalist critique of the principles underlying the modern Wests postmetaphysical understanding of itself. The tension between naturalism and religion is the central theme of this major new book by Jürgen Habermas. On the one hand he argues for an appropriate naturalistic understanding of cultural evolution that does justice to the normative character of the human mind. On the other hand, he calls for an appropriate interpretation of the secularizing effects of a process of social and cultural rationalization increasingly denounced by the champions of religious orthodoxies as a historical development peculiar to the West. These reflections on the enduring importance of religion and the limits of secularism under conditions of postmetaphysical reason set the scene for an extended treatment the political significance of religious tolerance and for a fresh contribution to current debates on cosmopolitanism and a constitution for international society.
Author: David Ray Griffin Publisher: SUNY Press ISBN: 9780791445631 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 368
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Articulates a metaphysical position capable of rendering both science and religious experience simultaneously and mutually intelligible.
Author: Michael Hall Publisher: WestBow Press ISBN: Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 261
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Many Christians today lack a basic understanding of the evidence that supports a Christian worldview (how one views the world). The purpose of this book is to provide the evidence for the main religions of America, both the supporting evidence and the undermining evidence. The intended audience of this book is any open-minded person with a tenth-grade education or more – it is not just for Christians struggling in their faith, but for anyone open to considering some of the major evidence available today. In short, it is for the average person. Most books on this topic are intended for one with an interest in theology or philosophy—focusing on the defense of Christianity rather than its differentiation between any other religion. These types of books tend to fall short for those convinced that Christianity is not logical and are thus not interested in a philosophical argument advocating the Christian narrative. To interest those already convinced, one must be skeptical and put the viewpoint to the test. As the French philosopher Denis Diderot (1713–1784) wrote, “What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step toward truth.” The focus of this book will be upon the undisputed evidence accepted by all.
Author: Michael S. Hogue Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ISBN: 1442205954 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 286
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The Promise of Religious Naturalism explores religious naturalism as a distinctly promising form of contemporary religious ethics. Examining how religious naturalism responds to the challenges of recent religious transformations and ecological peril worldwide, author Michael Hogue argues that religious naturalism is emerging as an increasingly plausible and potentially rewarding form of religious moral life. Beginning with an introduction of religious naturalism in the larger context of religious and ethical theories, the book undertakes the first extended study of the works of religious naturalists Loyal Rue, Donald Crosby, Jerome Stone, and Ursula Goodenough. Hogue pays particular attention to the ethical components of religious naturalism in relation to religious pluralism and ecological issues.
Author: Charles Taliaferro Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1441148825 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 224
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A philosophical inquiry into the strengths and weaknesses of theism and naturalism in accounting for the emergence of consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. The authors begin by offering an account of modern scientific practice which gives a central place to the visual imagination and aesthetic values. They then move to test the explanatory power of naturalism and theism in accounting for consciousness and the very visual imagination and aesthetic values that lie behind and define modern science. Taliaferro and Evans argue that evolutionary biology alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, the visual imagination and aesthetic values. Insofar as naturalism is compelled to go beyond evolutionary biology, it does not fare as well as theism in terms of explanatory power.
Author: Preston Jones Publisher: InterVarsity Press ISBN: 0830868127 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 166
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Preston Jones (a Christian history professor and music fan) and Greg Graffin (a punk rocker with a Ph.D. in zoology) conversed via e-mail about knowledge, evil, biology, evolution, religion, God, destiny and the nature of reality. While they find some places to agree, neither one convinces the other of his perspective. Which worldview is more plausible? You decide.
Author: Peter N. Jordan Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009211986 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 229
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A compelling contribution to 'science and religion' debates, showing how early modern thinkers reconciled naturalism with a providential world view.
Author: Troels Engberg-Pedersen Publisher: ISBN: 9788791838293 Category : Languages : en Pages : 346
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The Centre will address the issue of naturalism in relation to Christian thought with a triple focus that seeks to * extend the frontline of the modern understanding of the relationship between naturalism as a comprehensive philosophical and scientific framework of understanding and theism * reconceptualize the relationship between Graeco-Roman philosophy and early Christianity by reconsidering the relationship in the first two centuries CE between (materialistic and naturalistic) Stoicism and (immaterialistic) Platonism and their respective influences on contemporary Judaism and Christianity * reconfigure the modern thinking about Christianity in relation to Christianity's roots in the light of the two other themes, focusing on semantics rather than on abstract ontologies. While the first theme is at the forefront of current discussion and the second theme has not yet been adequately addressed, the most obvious novelty of the project lies in its third focus of combining the perspectives adopted under the two former themes. In this regard, the aim is not an "apologetic" one of trying to find room in the contemporary world for Christianity by rewriting history. Rather, the project aims to break down traditional oppositions (between naturalism and religion, philosophy and Christianity and the like) in order to get at the heart of the real differences wherever they are to be found.
Author: Alvin Plantinga
Author: Alvin Plantinga
Author: Jürgen Habermas
Author: David Ray Griffin
Author: Michael Hall
Author: Michael S. Hogue
Author: Charles Taliaferro
Author: Preston Jones
Author: Peter N. Jordan
Author: Robert Shafer
Author: Troels Engberg-Pedersen