Author: Thomas Broughton (Fellow of Exeter College, Oxon.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The Age of Christian Reason: Being a Refutation of the Theological and Political Principles of Thomas Paine, M. Volney, and the Whole Class of Political Naturalists, Whether Atheists Or Deists
Author: Thomas Broughton (Fellow of Exeter College, Oxon.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The age of Christian reason: being a refutation of the principles of T. Paine [as expressed in The age of reason] and the whole class of political naturalists
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Author: esq. Thomas BroughtonPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Age of Christian Reason: Being a Refutation of the Theological and Political Principles of Thomas Paine, M. Volney, and the Whole Class of Political Naturalists, Etc
Author: Esq. Thomas BROUGHTONPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Science, Religion, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Author: David WilkinsonPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191669601
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
If the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe is just around the corner, what would be the consequences for religion? Would it represent another major conflict between science and religion, even leading to the death of faith? Some would suggest that the discovery of any suggestion of extraterrestrial life would have a greater impact than even the Copernican and Darwinian revolutions. It is now over 50 years since the first modern scientific papers were published on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Yet the religious implications of this search and possible discovery have never been systematically addressed in the scientific or theological arena. SETI is now entering its most important era of scientific development. New observation techniques are leading to the discovery of extra-solar planets daily, and the Kepler mission has already collected over 1000 planetary candidates. This deluge of data is transforming the scientific and popular view of the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence. Earth-like planets outside of our solar system can now be identified and searched for signs of life. Now is a crucial time to assess the scientific and theological questions behind this search. This book sets out the scientific arguments undergirding SETI, with particular attention to the uncertainties in arguments and the strength of the data already assembled. It assesses not only the discovery of planets but other areas such as the Fermi paradox, the origin and evolution of intelligent life, and current SETI strategies. In all of this it reflects on how these questions are shaped by history and pop culture and their relationship with religion, especially Christian theology. It is argued that theologians need to take seriously SETI and to examine some central doctrines such as creation, incarnation, revelation, and salvation in the light of the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
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Author: Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 940
Book Description
The Idea of Progress
Author: John Bagnell BuryPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Minerva's Message
Author: Martin S. StaumPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773566244
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 359
Book Description
In theory the CMPS was set up to enshrine the human and social studies that were at the heart of Enlightenment culture. Staum illustrates, however, that the Institute helped transform key ideas of the Enlightenment in order to maintain civil rights while upholding social stability, and that the social and political assumptions on which it was based affected notions of social science. He traces the careers of individual members and the factions within the Institute, arguing that the discord within the CMPS reflects the unravelling of Enlightenment culture. Minerva's Message presents a valuable overview of the intellectual life of the period and brings together new evidence about the social sciences in their nascent period.
Guide to the Oracles
Author: Alfred NevinA Short History of Freethought
Author: John Mackinnon RobertsonPublisher:
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Category : Free thought
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Nationalism and Culture
Author: Rudolf RockerPublisher: Black Rose Books Limited
ISBN: 9781551640945
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
An important contribution to our thought about human society. A classic, long out of print.