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Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover): Sami Pihlstroem Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion (Hardcover)
Sami Pihlstroem
R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion develops a distinctive approach to pragmatist philosophy of religion, and more generally to pragmatist investigations of the human search for meaning, by emphasizing what may be considered two closely interrelated main features of this tradition: humanism and antitheodicism. Humanism here emphasizes the need to focus on religion as a human practice within human concerns of meaningfulness and significance, as distinguished from any metaphysical search for cosmic meaning. Antitheodicism, in turn, stands for the refusal to accept any justification, divine or secular, for the experiences of meaninglessness that individuals undergoing horrendous suffering may have. Developing a critical form of pragmatism emphasizing these ideas, Sami Pihlstroem explores the relations between pragmatism and analytic philosophy in the philosophy of religion, especially regarding the question of religious meaning, as well as the significance of literature for philosophy of religion, with particular emphasis on William James's pragmatism.

On the Intrinsic Value of Everything (Hardcover, New): Scott A. Davison On the Intrinsic Value of Everything (Hardcover, New)
Scott A. Davison
R3,365 Discovery Miles 33 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

On the Intrinsic Value of Everything is an illuminating introduction to fundamental questions in ethics. How--and to what--we assign value, whether it is to events or experiences or objects or people, is central to ethics. Something is intrinsically valuable only if it would be valued for its own sake by all fully informed, properly functioning persons. Davison defends the controversial view that everything that exists is intrinsically valuable to some degree. If only some things are intrinsically valuable, what about other things? Where and how do we draw the cutoff point? If only living creatures are intrinsically valuable, what does this imply for how we value the environment? If everything has intrinsic value, what practical implications does this have for how we live our lives? How does this view fit with the traditional theistic idea that God is the source of goodness and truth? Both critics and proponents of the concept of intrinsic value will find something of interest in this careful investigation of the basic value structure of the world.

Vasilii Rozanov and the Creation - The Edenic Vision and the Rejection of Eschatology (Hardcover, New): Adam Ure Vasilii Rozanov and the Creation - The Edenic Vision and the Rejection of Eschatology (Hardcover, New)
Adam Ure
R4,587 Discovery Miles 45 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book provides the first detailed study in English of the religious philosophy of Vasilii Rozanov, one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of Russia's Silver Age. It examines his subversion of traditional Russian Orthodoxy, including his reverence for the Creation, his focus on the family, and his worship of sex.Rozanov is one of the towering figures of Russian culture, a major influence on thinkers and writers such as Bakhtin, Maiakovskii, and Mandelshtam, as well as many European writers. He critiqued Orthodox theology, and wrote extensively on philosophy, literature, and politics, and helped reform marriage and divorce laws.His enormous contribution to Russian thought has been largely neglected, and much of his work has been misunderstood. Ure addresses this by examining the basis of Rozanov's religious philosophy, the Creation of the Earth and the Book of Genesis.>

Twelve Lectures on the Connexion Between Science and Revealed Religion - Delivered in Rome (Hardcover): Nicholas Patrick... Twelve Lectures on the Connexion Between Science and Revealed Religion - Delivered in Rome (Hardcover)
Nicholas Patrick 1802-1865 Wiseman
R1,108 Discovery Miles 11 080 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Genesis of the New England Churches (Paperback): Leonard Bacon The Genesis of the New England Churches (Paperback)
Leonard Bacon
R1,283 Discovery Miles 12 830 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric - The Word between the Worlds (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Seth Pierce A Theory of Spectral Rhetoric - The Word between the Worlds (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Seth Pierce
R2,616 Discovery Miles 26 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book synthesizes Jacques Derrida's hauntology and spectrality with affect theory, in order to create a rhetorical framework analyzing the felt absences and hauntings of written and oral texts. The book opens with a history of hauntology, spectrality, and affect theory and how each of those ideas have been applied. The book then moves into discussing the unique elements of the rhetorical framework known as the rhetorrectional situation. Three case studies taken from the Christian tradition, serve to demonstrate how spectral rhetoric works. The first is fictional, C.S. Lewis 'The Great Divorce. The second is non-fiction, Tim Jennings 'The God Shaped Brain. The final one is taken from homiletics, Bishop Michael Curry's royal wedding 2018 sermon. After the case studies conclusion offers the reader a summary and ideas future applications for spectral rhetoric.

The Imitation of Christ (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Thomas... The Imitation of Christ (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Thomas A Kempis
R1,034 Discovery Miles 10 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God The Creator Of Both Evil And Good For Our Benefit (Hardcover): Pinson H God The Creator Of Both Evil And Good For Our Benefit (Hardcover)
Pinson H
R865 Discovery Miles 8 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Antiphilosophy of Christianity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Ghislain Deslandes Antiphilosophy of Christianity (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Ghislain Deslandes
R3,119 Discovery Miles 31 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This text presents and addresses the philosophical movement of antiphilosophy working thru the texts of Christian thinkers such as Pascal and Kierkegaard. The author as influenced by Alain Badiou, portrays these Christian thinkers as of a subjective dimension negating the possibility of an objective quest for truth. The claim here is that antiphilosophy is abundant in the eyes of these two thinkers who frame the thought event as represented by Christianity, ultimately resigning itself to more or less the opposite of philosophy itself. Readers will discover why philosophical reason should never be convinced by that which denies its very authority. Subjecting faith to the perils of philosophical analysis, confronting the philosophical tradition with the truth of the Christian faith, and occupying the space between the two: such are the challenges facing an antiphilosophy of Christianity. This text will appeal to researchers and students working in continental philosophy, philosophy of religion and those in religious studies who want to investigate the links between Christianity and antiphilosophy.

Infidels and Unreasonable Gods - Do Not Necessarily Despair of Being Possessed by Unreasonable Ideas (Hardcover): James Morrison Infidels and Unreasonable Gods - Do Not Necessarily Despair of Being Possessed by Unreasonable Ideas (Hardcover)
James Morrison
R969 Discovery Miles 9 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
What is a God? - Philosophical Perspectives on Divine Essence in the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover): Jaco Gericke What is a God? - Philosophical Perspectives on Divine Essence in the Hebrew Bible (Hardcover)
Jaco Gericke
R4,233 Discovery Miles 42 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book Jaco Gericke is concerned with different ways of approaching the question of what, according to the Hebrew Bible, a god was assumed to be. As a supplement to the tradition of predominantly linguistic, historical, literary, comparative, social-scientific and related ways of looking at the research problem, Gericke offers a variety of experimental philosophical perspectives that aim to take a step back from the scholarly discussion as it has unfolded hitherto in order to provide a new type of worry when looking at the riddle of what the biblical texts assumed made a god divine. Consisting of a brief history of philosophical interpretations of the concepts of whatness and essence from Socrates to Derrida, the relevant ideas are adapted and reapplied to look at some interesting metaphysical oddities arising from generic uses of elohim/el/eloah as common noun in the Hebrew Bible. As such the study seeks to be a prolegomenon to all future research in that, instead of answering the question regarding a supposed nature of divinity, it aims to complicate it beyond expectation. In this way a case is made for a more nuanced and indeterminate manner of constructing the problem of what it meant to call something a god.

Evgenii Trubetskoi (Hardcover): Teresa Obolevitch, Randall A. Poole Evgenii Trubetskoi (Hardcover)
Teresa Obolevitch, Randall A. Poole
R1,071 Discovery Miles 10 710 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Philosophy of Religion: The Key Thinkers (Hardcover): Jeffrey J Jordan Philosophy of Religion: The Key Thinkers (Hardcover)
Jeffrey J Jordan
R4,230 Discovery Miles 42 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This is an accessible survey of the most important thinkers on Religion, from Aquinas, through Kant to William James. Arguments concerning the existence and nature of God have been a staple of western philosophy for over 2,000 years. "Philosophy of Religion: The Key Thinkers" offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Nine specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the contributions of those philosophers who have shaped the subject and the central issues and arguments therein. The book reconstructs the history of the philosophy of religion, clearly illustrating the most important attempts to address such crucial issues as the ontological argument, the cosmological argument, the problem of evil, miracles, the moral argument, the design argument, religious experience and the idea of god. Thinkers covered include Anselm, Aquinas, Pascal, Hume, Kant, Paley and James. Crucially the book demonstrates why the ideas and arguments these key thinkers developed are still relevant in contemporary thought. Ideal for undergraduate students, the book lays the necessary foundations for a complete and thorough understanding of this fascinating subject.

King Secularism (Hardcover): John H Ludlum King Secularism (Hardcover)
John H Ludlum
R1,298 Discovery Miles 12 980 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
An Axiomatic Study of God - A Defence of the Rationality of Religion (Hardcover): Paul Weingartner An Axiomatic Study of God - A Defence of the Rationality of Religion (Hardcover)
Paul Weingartner
R4,021 Discovery Miles 40 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Weingartner shows that an essential part of natural or philosophical theology and even a part of theology can be treated axiomatically. God's essence, omniscience, omnipotence, creating activity, and all-goodness are described by axioms and by theorems proved from them.

The Gift of the Self - A Theology and Liturgy for Living as a Generous Soul (Hardcover): Matthew Harp The Gift of the Self - A Theology and Liturgy for Living as a Generous Soul (Hardcover)
Matthew Harp
R866 Discovery Miles 8 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Judas Church - An Obsession With Sex (Paperback): Kevin Carey The Judas Church - An Obsession With Sex (Paperback)
Kevin Carey
R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed (Hardcover, New): Chad V. Meister Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed (Hardcover, New)
Chad V. Meister
R4,566 Discovery Miles 45 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

One of the most perplexing problems facing believers in God is the problem of evil. The words of Epicurus put the point concisely: "Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can, but does not want to, he is wicked. If God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?" This is a difficult problem to unpick and it remains an issue that continues to concern people and inspire debate. The problem has taken a variety of forms over the centuries; in fact, there are numerous "problems" of evil-problems for theists but, perhaps surprisingly, problems for non-theists as well. Evil: A Guide for the Perplexed explores, in a rigorous but engaging way, central challenges to religious belief raised by evil and suffering in the world as well as significant responses to them from both theistic and non-theistic perspectives.

Connected Stories - Contacts, Traditions and Transmissions in Premodern Mediterranean Islam (Hardcover): Mohamed Meouak,... Connected Stories - Contacts, Traditions and Transmissions in Premodern Mediterranean Islam (Hardcover)
Mohamed Meouak, Cristina Puente
R3,866 Discovery Miles 38 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Concepts such as influence, imitation, emulation, transmission or plagiarism are transcendental to cultural history and the subject of universal debate. They are not mere labels imposed by modern historiography on ancient texts, nor are they the result of a later interpretation of ways of transmitting and teaching, but are concepts defined and discussed internally, within all cultures, since time immemorial, which have yielded very diverse results. In the case of culture, or better Arab-Islamic cultures, we could analyze and discuss endlessly numerous terms that refer to concepts related to the multiple ways of perceiving the Other, receiving his knowledge and producing new knowledge. The purpose of this book evolves around these concepts, and it aims to become part of a very long tradition of studies on this subject that is essential to the understanding of the processes of reception and creation. The authors analyze them in depth through the use of examples that are based on the well-known idea that societies in different regions did not remain isolated and indifferent to the literary, religious or scientific creations that were developed in other territories and moreover that the flow of ideas did not always occur in only one direction. Contacts, both voluntary and involuntary, are never incidental or marginal, but are rather the true engine of the evolution of knowledge and creation. It can also be stated that it has been the awareness of the existence of multidimensional cultural relations which has allowed modern historiography on Arab cultures to evolve and be enriched in recent decades.

Ole Wives Tales - and Church Doctrine (Hardcover): Forrest Davis Ole Wives Tales - and Church Doctrine (Hardcover)
Forrest Davis
R737 Discovery Miles 7 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Listening to Your iGod - Beginning the Climb back to Eden. (Hardcover): Tyler James Listening to Your iGod - Beginning the Climb back to Eden. (Hardcover)
Tyler James
R598 R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Listening to Your iGod" revives the discussion of religion and science and the parallels that exist between the two fields of thought.

Author Tyler James presents his thoughts on why these two very different schools of thought may actually complement each other at times. Jesus taught in parables that offered parallels between nature and God's word. Jesus himself was paralleled with nature as well, lending credence to the idea that there is more to spreading God's word than the obvious.

Consideration of the segregation and feud between science and religion points to similar segregation and differences among the world's societies and religions today. James suggests that the world as a whole needs to gain greater maturity in order to get past these differences and live in harmony. Moreover, this connection is even more relevant given the impending apocalypse, which he believes will begin in 2016.

By showing the parallels between science and religion in "Listening to Your iGod," James hopes to lay the groundwork for connection and harmony.

The Path - What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about the Good Life (Paperback): Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh The Path - What Chinese Philosophers Can Teach Us about the Good Life (Paperback)
Michael Puett, Christine Gross-Loh
R430 R398 Discovery Miles 3 980 Save R32 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God and Gravity (Hardcover): Philip Clayton God and Gravity (Hardcover)
Philip Clayton; Edited by Bradford Mccall
R1,726 R1,418 Discovery Miles 14 180 Save R308 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path (Hardcover): Rudolf Steiner Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path (Hardcover)
Rudolf Steiner
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Science and Free Will - A Brief Introduction to the Illusion of Free Will (Hardcover): Sam Shipley Science and Free Will - A Brief Introduction to the Illusion of Free Will (Hardcover)
Sam Shipley
R819 Discovery Miles 8 190 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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