Download or read book Systematic Atheology written by John R. Shook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion. This book presents a historical overview of the development of atheology from ancient thought to the present day. It offers in-depth examinations of four distinctive schools of atheological thought: rationalist atheology, scientific atheology, moral atheology, and civic atheology. John R. Shook shows how a familiarity with atheology’s complex histories, forms, and strategies illuminates the contentious features of today’s atheist and secularist movements, which are just as capable of contesting each other as opposing religion. The result is a book that provides a disciplined and philosophically rigorous examination of atheism’s intellectual strategies for reasoning with theology. Systematic Atheology is an important contribution to the philosophy of religion, religious studies, secular studies, and the sociology and psychology of nonreligion.
Download or read book Systematic Atheology written by John R. Shook and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Atheology is the intellectual effort to understand atheism, defend the reasonableness of unbelief, and support nonbelievers in their encounters with religion. This book presents a historical overview of the development of atheology from ancient thought to the present day. It offers in-depth examinations of four distinctive schools of atheological thought: rationalist atheology, scientific atheology, moral atheology, and civic atheology. John R. Shook shows how a familiarity with atheology's complex histories, forms, and strategies illuminates the contentious features of today's atheist and secularist movements, which are just as capable of contesting each other as opposing religion. The result is a book that provides a disciplined and philosophically rigorous examination of atheism's intellectual strategies for reasoning with theology. Systematic Atheology is an important contribution to the philosophy of religion, religious studies, secular studies, and the sociology and psychology of nonreligion."--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Religion in Recent Art written by Peter Taylor Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cosmological Fine Tuning Arguments written by Jason Waller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the physical constants, initial conditions, or laws of nature in our universe had been even slightly different, then the evolution of life would have been impossible. This observation has led many philosophers and scientists to ask the natural next question: why is our universe so "fine-tuned" for life? The debates around this question are wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary, complicated, technical, and (at times) heated. This study is a comprehensive investigation of these debates and the many metaphysical and epistemological questions raised by cosmological fine-tuning. Waller’s study reaches two significant and controversial conclusions. First, he concludes that the criticisms directed at the "multiverse hypothesis" by theists and at the "theistic hypothesis" by naturalists are largely unsuccessful. Neither of these options can plausibly be excluded. Choosing between them seems to turn on primitive (and so hard to justify) metaphysical intuitions. Second, in order to break the philosophical deadlock, Waller moves the debate from the level of universes to the level of possible worlds. Arguing that possible worlds are also "fine-tuned" in an important and interesting sense, Waller concludes that the only plausible explanation for the fine-tuning of the actual world is to posit the existence of some kind of "God-like-thing."
Download or read book How to Live a Good Life written by Massimo Pigliucci and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by fifteen philosophers presenting a thoughtful, introductory guide to choosing a philosophy for living an examined and meaningful life. Socrates famously said "the unexamined life is not worth living," but what does it mean to truly live philosophically? This thought-provoking, wide-ranging collection brings together essays by fifteen leading philosophers reflecting on what it means to live according to a philosophy of life. From Eastern philosophies (Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism) and classical Western philosophies (such as Aristotelianism and Stoicism), to the four major religions, as well as contemporary philosophies (such as existentialism and effective altruism), each contributor offers a lively, personal account of how they find meaning in the practice of their chosen philosophical tradition. Together, the pieces in How to Live a Good Life provide not only a beginner's guide to choosing a life philosophy but also a timely portrait of what it means to live an examined life in the twenty-first century. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL
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Download or read book Does God Matter written by Klaas Kraay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does God Matter? features eleven original essays written by prominent philosophers of religion that address this very important, yet surprisingly neglected, question. One natural way to approach this question is to seek to understand what difference God’s existence would—or does—make to the value of the world and the well-being of its inhabitants. The first essay sets the stage for the discussion of this topic. The three essays in Section I defend versions of pro-theism: the view that God’s existence would -- or does -- make things better than they would otherwise be. The four essays in Section II defend anti-theism: the view that God’s existence would, or does, make things worse than they would otherwise be. The three essays in Section III consider the interplay between the existential and axiological debates concerning the existence of God. This book presents important research on a growing topic in philosophy of religion that will also be of keen interest to scholars working in other areas of philosophy (such as metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory), and in other disciplines (such as religious studies and analytic theology).
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Atheism written by Michael Ruse and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-09-16 with total page 1307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume Cambridge History of Atheism offers an authoritative and up to date account of a subject of contemporary interest. Comprised of sixty essays by an international team of scholars, this History is comprehensive in scope. The essays are written from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, including religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and classics. Offering a global overview of the subject, from antiquity to the present, the volumes examine the phenomenon of unbelief in the context of Christian, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, and Jewish societies. They explore atheism and the early modern Scientific Revolution, as well as the development of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and its continuing implications. The History also includes general survey essays on the impact of scepticism, agnosticism and atheism, as well as contemporary assessments of thinking. Providing essential information on the nature and history of atheism, The Cambridge History of Atheism will be indispensable for both scholarship and teaching, at all levels.
Download or read book Punch written by Henry Mayhew and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Worldviews written by John Valk and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-01 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the concept of worldview, in its numerous aspects, and how worldviews impact, shape, and influence individuals, communities, societies, and cultures. It explores various worldviews—religious, spiritual, and secular—using a comprehensive approach to highlight their breadth, depth, and scope. John Valk argues that everyone has a worldview, and that worldview is often shaped and influenced by individual circumstances and situations. While worldviews have similar structures to one another, they vary in content, including differences in metanarratives, teachings, ethics, and more. In the course of explaining how worldviews respond to life’s ultimate and existential challenges, the book poses ontological questions to highlight various (world)views on the nature of being and the human, and epistemological questions pertaining to sources of knowledge and certainty. Inviting readers to reflect on their own worldviews as they explore the worldviews of others, Valk also reveals how certain universal worldview beliefs are interpreted in particular contexts.
Download or read book Religion and the New Atheism written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term “new atheism” has been given to the recent barrage of bestselling books written by Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens, and others. These books and their authors have had a significant media presence and have only grown in popularity over the years. This book brings together scholars from religious studies, science, sociology of religion, sociology of science, philosophy, and theology to engage the new atheism and place it in the context of broader scholarly discourses. This volume will serve to contextualize and critically examine the claims, arguments and goals of the new atheism so that readers can become more informed of some of the debates with which the new atheists inevitably and, at times unknowingly, engage. Contributors include Richard Harries, Reza Aslan, Amarnath Amarasingam, Robert Platzner, Jeffrey Robbins, Christopher Rodkey, Rory Dickson, Steve Fuller, William Sims Bainbridge, William A. Stahl, Stephen Bullivant, Michael Borer, Richard Cimino, Christopher Smith, Gregory R. Peterson, Jeff Nall, Ryan Falcioni, and Mark Vernon. Studies in Critical Research on Religion, vol. 1
Download or read book The Lost Sheep in Philosophy of Religion written by Blake Hereth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary research in philosophy of religion is dominated by traditional problems such as the nature of evil, arguments against theism, issues of foreknowledge and freedom, the divine attributes, and religious pluralism. This volume instead focuses on unrepresented and underrepresented issues in the discipline. The essays address how issues like race, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, feminist and pantheist conceptions of the divine, and nonhuman animals connect to existing issues in philosophy of religion. By staking out new avenues for future research, this book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars in analytic philosophy of religion and analytic philosophical theology.
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Download or read book Heidegger and Philosophical Atheology written by Peter S. Dillard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heidegger and Philosophical Atheology offers an important new reading of Heidegger's middle and later thought. Beginning with Heidegger's early dissertation on the doctrine of categories in Duns Scotus, Peter S. Dillard shows how Heidegger's middle and later works develop a philosophical anti-theology or 'atheology' that poses a serious threat to traditional metaphysics, natural theology and philosophy of religion. Drawing on the insights of Scholastic thinkers such as St Thomas Aquinas and Duns Scotus, the book reveals the problematic assumptions of Heideggerian 'atheology' and shows why they should be rejected. Dillard's critique paves the way for a rejuvenation of Scholastic metaphysics and reveals its relevance to some contemporary philosophical disputes. In addition to clarifying the question of being and explaining the role of phenomenology in metaphysics, Dillard sheds light on the nature of nothingness, necessity and contingency. Ultimately the book offers a revolutionary reorientation of our understanding, both of the later Heidegger and of the legacy of Scholasticism.
Download or read book Systematic Theology written by John Miley and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Systematic Theology written by John Miley and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on with total page 1437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Miley (1813–1895) was an American Methodist theologian, known for developing a strong Arminian moral government theology. This classic systematic theology is organized as follows: Introduction I. Theology II. Sources of Theology III. Scientific Basis of Theology IV. Systemization a Right of Theology V. Method of Systemization Part I. Theism Chapter 1. Preliminary Questions Chapter 2. Proofs of Theism Chapter 3. Antitheistic Theories Chapter 4. Antitheistic Agnosticism Part II. Theology Chapter 1. God in Being Chapter 2. God in Personality Chapter 3. God in Attributes Chapter 4. Divine Predicables Not Distinctively Attributes Chapter 5. God in Trinity Chapter 6. The Son of God Chapter 7. The Holy Spirit Chapter 8. Truth of the Trinity Chapter 9. God in Creation Chapter 10. God in Providence Part III. Anthropology Chapter 1. Preliminary Questions Chapter 2. Primitive Man Chapter 3. Question of Primitive Holiness Chapter 4. The Primitive Probation Chapter 5. Temptation and Fall of Man Chapter 6. Doctrine of Native Depravity Chapter 7. Proofs of Native Depravity Chapter 8. Origin of Depravity Chapter 9. Realistic Mode of Adamic Sin Chapter 10. Representative Mode of Adamic Guilt Chapter 11. Genetic Law of Native Depravity Chapter 12. Doctrine of Native Demerit Part IV. Christology Chapter 1. The Person of Christ Chapter 2. The Divine Incarnation Chapter 3. Christ Is Theanthropic Chapter 4. The Sympathy of Christ Chapter 5. Leading Errors in Christology Part V. Soteriology The Atonement in Christ Preliminaries Chapter 1. Reality of Atonement Chapter 2. Necessity for Atonement Chapter 3. Schemes Without Atonement Chapter 4. Theories of Atonement Chapter 5. Theory of Moral Influence Chapter 6. Theory of Satisfaction Chapter 7. Governmental Theory Chapter 8. Sufficiency of the Atonement Chapter 9. Objections to the Atonement Chapter 10. A Lesson for All Intelligences Chapter 11. Universality of the Atonement The Salvation in Christ Chapter 1. Benefits of the Atonement Chapter 2. Doctrinal Issues Chapter 3. Free Agency Chapter 4. Freedom of Choice Chapter 5. Justification Chapter 6. Regeneration Chapter 7. Assurance Chapter 8. Sanctification Chapter 9. The Church Part VI. Eschatology Chapter 1. Future Existence Chapter 2. The Intermediate State Chapter 3. The Second Advent Chapter 4. The Resurrection Chapter 5. The Judgment Chapter 6. Future Punishment Chapter 7. Future Blessedness Appendices I. Inspiration of the Scriptures II. The Angels III. Arminian Treatment of Original Sin
Download or read book Systematic theology by J Miley written by George Richard Crooks and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
