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Mary Midgley - An Introduction (Hardcover): Gregory McElwain Mary Midgley - An Introduction (Hardcover)
Gregory McElwain
R2,802 Discovery Miles 28 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mary Midgley is one of the most influential moral philosophers of the twentieth century. Over the last 40 years, Midgley's writings on such central yet controversial topics as human nature, morality, science, animals, the environment, religion, and gender have shaped the landscape of contemporary philosophy. She is celebrated for the complexity, nuance, and sensibility with which she approaches some of the most challenging issues in philosophy without falling into the pitfalls of close-minded extremism. In turn, Midgley's sophisticated treatment of the interconnected and often muddled issues related to human nature has drawn interest from outside the philosophical world, stretching from scientists, artists, theologians, anthropologists, and journalists to the public more broadly. Mary Midgley: An Introduction systematically introduces readers to Midgley's collected thought on the most central and influential areas of her corpus. Through clear and lively engagement with Midgley's work, this volume offers readers accessible explanation, interpretation, and analysis of the concepts and perspectives for which she is best known, most notably her integrated understanding of human nature, her opposition to reductionism and scientism, and her influential conception of our relationship to animals and the wider world. These insights, supplemented by excerpts from original interviews with Midgley herself, provide readers of all backgrounds with an informed understanding and appreciation of Mary Midgley and the philosophical problems to which she has devoted her life's work.

Did God Die on the Way to Houston? A Queer Tale (Hardcover): David B. Myers Did God Die on the Way to Houston? A Queer Tale (Hardcover)
David B. Myers
R1,040 R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Save R155 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dysteleology (Hardcover): Michael Berhow Dysteleology (Hardcover)
Michael Berhow
R1,089 R917 Discovery Miles 9 170 Save R172 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Otherness and Ethics (Hardcover): Shinhyung Seong Otherness and Ethics (Hardcover)
Shinhyung Seong
R1,067 R900 Discovery Miles 9 000 Save R167 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Elements of Heaven (Hardcover): R. J Widry The Elements of Heaven (Hardcover)
R. J Widry
R873 R751 Discovery Miles 7 510 Save R122 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Beyond Good and Evil (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Friedrich Wilhelm... Beyond Good and Evil (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
R782 Discovery Miles 7 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Hardcover, New): Andrew Hofer, O.P. Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus (Hardcover, New)
Andrew Hofer, O.P.
R4,380 Discovery Miles 43 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Christ in the Life and Teaching of Gregory of Nazianzus is the first full-length book devoted to an overview of the Christology of this fourth-century Father of the Church. Andrew Hofer examines the breadth of Gregory's corpus--orations, letters, and poems (often neglected in doctrinal studies)--to argue that Gregory's writing on Christ can be best understood in tandem with his autobiography.
This study begins with an articulation of Gregory's theology of the Word in which words come from the Word who became incarnate. Hofer then offers a close reading of how Gregory writes to or about Christ in the poetry known as "on himself." Within a three-part study of "autobiographical Christology," Hofer explores the philosophical background of Gregory's rhetoric for what he calls the "mixtures" of Christ and himself. He then elucidates this autobiographical concern in Gregory's famous Ep. 101, a landmark text in the Christological controversies. Thirdly, Hofer considers how Gregory celebrates the mysteries of Christ in the festal orations. Before the book's epilogue, a chapter describes how Gregory wrote of Christ for his pastoral ministry. Throughout the work, Hofer demonstrates the importance in Gregory's writings of the language of blending (such as in the Greek word krasis, rejected by the Council of Chalcedon to describe the Incarnation). This book thus offers a unique perspective on the one known as "the Theologian" in Chalcedon's acts and in subsequent Christian tradition.

A Logical Approach to Spirituality - Shattering the Religious Paradigm and Finding Your Inner Truth (Hardcover): Randy Kleinman A Logical Approach to Spirituality - Shattering the Religious Paradigm and Finding Your Inner Truth (Hardcover)
Randy Kleinman
R525 Discovery Miles 5 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Creative Mind and Success (Hardcover): Ernest Holmes Creative Mind and Success (Hardcover)
Ernest Holmes
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Ernst Troeltsch and the Spirit of Modern Culture - A Social-Political Investigation (Hardcover): Christopher Adair-toteff Ernst Troeltsch and the Spirit of Modern Culture - A Social-Political Investigation (Hardcover)
Christopher Adair-toteff
R2,378 Discovery Miles 23 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ernst Troeltsch was a theologian and sociologist but he was also a philosopher of culture. He was concerned with the "spirit of the modern world" throughout most of his academic life and chose to investigate a number of critical issues which he believed were especially problematic for the modern world. This book is an exploration of many of the key issues. It begins with an explanation of what Troeltsch believed the "spirit of the modern world" to be and then to explaining the debt that Troeltsch owed to Friedrich Schleiermacher for an understanding of the modern world. Chapters are then devoted to Troeltsch's investigations into issues such as the relationship between church and state, the role of natural law, the problems of historicism and pessimism, and it concludes with his observations about politics in war and in revolution. This work will be of interest to those concerned with understanding the modern world.

Living Wittingly - Christian Life: From Mercy to Grace and from Grace to Glory (Hardcover): Bishop Edward Barnett Living Wittingly - Christian Life: From Mercy to Grace and from Grace to Glory (Hardcover)
Bishop Edward Barnett
R745 Discovery Miles 7 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Word of God in the Ethics of Jacques Ellul (Hardcover): David W. Gill The Word of God in the Ethics of Jacques Ellul (Hardcover)
David W. Gill
R1,183 R988 Discovery Miles 9 880 Save R195 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Between Vision and Obedience-Rethinking Theological Epistemology (Hardcover): George Ille Between Vision and Obedience-Rethinking Theological Epistemology (Hardcover)
George Ille
R1,668 R1,361 Discovery Miles 13 610 Save R307 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Collected Works, Volume I - Scientific Rationality, the Human Condition, and 20th Century Cosmologies (Hardcover): Adolf... Collected Works, Volume I - Scientific Rationality, the Human Condition, and 20th Century Cosmologies (Hardcover)
Adolf Grunbaum
R2,315 Discovery Miles 23 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Adolf Grunbaum is one of the giants of 20th century philosophy of science. This volume is the first of three collecting his most essential and highly influential work. The essays collected in this first volume focus on three related areas. They discuss scientific rationality-the problem of what it takes for a theory to be called scientific, and ask whether it is plausible to draw a clear distinction between science and non-science as was famously proposed by Karl Popper. They delve into the debate between determinism and indeterminism, in both science and in the humanities. Grunbaum defends the position of the Humane Determinist, which then leads to a thorough criticism of the current theological approaches to ethics and morality-where Grunbaum defends an explicit Secular Humanism-as well as of prominent theistic interpretations of twentieth century physical cosmologies. The second volume is devoted to Grunbaum's writings on the Philosophy of Physics and Space-Time, and the third to his lectures on the Philosophy of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, including his 1985 Gifford Lectures, which are to be published for the first time.

Creative Mind (Hardcover): Ernest Holmes Creative Mind (Hardcover)
Ernest Holmes
R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Neither Belief nor Unbelief - Intentional Ambivalence in al-Ma'arri's Luzum (Hardcover): Sona Grigoryan Neither Belief nor Unbelief - Intentional Ambivalence in al-Ma'arri's Luzum (Hardcover)
Sona Grigoryan
R3,595 Discovery Miles 35 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book re-examines the religious thought and receptions of the Syrian poet Abu l-'Ala' al-Ma'arri (d.1057) and one of his best known works - Luzum ma la yalzam (The Self-Imposed Unnecessity), a collection of poems, which, although widely studied, needs a thorough re-evaluation regarding matters of (un)belief. Given the contradictory nature of al-Ma'arri's oeuvre and Luzum in particular, there have been two major trends in assessing al-Ma'arri's religious thought in modern scholarship. One presented al-Ma'arri as an unbeliever and a freethinker arguing that through contradictions, he practiced taqiya, i.e., dissimulation in order to avoid persecution. The other, often apologetically, presented al-Ma'arri as a sincere Muslim. This study proposes that the notion of ambivalence is a more appropriate analytical tool to apply to the reading of Luzum, specifically in matters of belief. This ambivalence is directly conditioned by the historical and intellectual circumstances al-Ma'arri lived in and he intentionally left it unsolved and intense as a robust stance against claims of certainty. Going beyond reductive interpretations, the notion of ambivalence allows for an integrative paradigm in dealing with contradictions and dissonance.

Discourses on the Bhagavat Gita (Hardcover): Tiruvalum Subba Row Discourses on the Bhagavat Gita (Hardcover)
Tiruvalum Subba Row
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Book of Faith Seeking Understanding (Hardcover): Philip John Fisk A Book of Faith Seeking Understanding (Hardcover)
Philip John Fisk; Foreword by Kenneth P. Minkema
R940 R801 Discovery Miles 8 010 Save R139 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Origins of the Druze People and Religion (Hardcover): Philip K. Hitti The Origins of the Druze People and Religion (Hardcover)
Philip K. Hitti
R809 Discovery Miles 8 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
It's Just Crazy! (Hardcover): Cynthia A. Burleson It's Just Crazy! (Hardcover)
Cynthia A. Burleson
R924 Discovery Miles 9 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Lotus Gospel - or, Mahayana Buddhism and Its Symbolic Teachings Compared Historically and Geographically With Those of... The Lotus Gospel - or, Mahayana Buddhism and Its Symbolic Teachings Compared Historically and Geographically With Those of Catholic Christianity (Hardcover)
E A (Elizabeth Anna) Gordon
R1,021 Discovery Miles 10 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Leading in a VUCA World (Hardcover): Steven C Van Den Heuvel, Jacobus Kok Leading in a VUCA World (Hardcover)
Steven C Van Den Heuvel, Jacobus Kok
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Peter Chaadaev (Hardcover): Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen, Teresa Obolevitch, Pawel Rojek Peter Chaadaev (Hardcover)
Artur Mrowczynski-Van Allen, Teresa Obolevitch, Pawel Rojek
R1,238 R1,032 Discovery Miles 10 320 Save R206 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cultivating a People for God (Hardcover): Enoch Kwan Cultivating a People for God (Hardcover)
Enoch Kwan
R554 Discovery Miles 5 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology (Hardcover, New): Russell Re Manning The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology (Hardcover, New)
Russell Re Manning; Edited by (consulting) John Hedley Brooke, Fraser Watts
R4,718 Discovery Miles 47 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Oxford Handbook of Natural Theology is the first collection to consider the full breadth of natural theology from both historical and contemporary perspectives and to bring together leading scholars to offer accessible high-level accounts of the major themes. The volume embodies and develops the recent revival of interest in natural theology as a topic of serious critical engagement. Frequently misunderstood or polemicized, natural theology is an under-studied yet persistent and pervasive presence throughout the history of thought about ultimate reality - from the classical Greek theology of the philosophers to twenty-first century debates in science and religion. Of interest to students and scholars from a wide range of disciplines, this authoritative handbook draws on the very best of contemporary scholarship to present a critical overview of the subject area. Thirty eight new essays trace the transformations of natural theology in different historical and religious contexts, the place of natural theology in different philosophical traditions and diverse scientific disciplines, and the various cultural and aesthetic approaches to natural theology to reveal a rich seam of multi-faceted theological reflection rooted in human nature and the environments within which we find ourselves.

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