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Religion, Philosophy and Knowledge (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016): Gregory W. Dawes Religion, Philosophy and Knowledge (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Gregory W. Dawes
R2,059 Discovery Miles 20 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book offers a philosophical approach to religion that acknowledges both the diversity of religions and the many and varied dimensions of the religious life. Rather than restricting itself to Christian theism, it covers a wide range of religious traditions, examining their beliefs in the context of the actual practice of the religious life. After outlining the aims of religion, the book focuses on claims to knowledge. What kinds of knowledge do religions purport to offer? In what idiom is it couched? From what sources do devotees draw their claims to knowledge? Are these sources reliable? Rather than trying to settle age-old questions about religious belief, the book offers its readers a set of criteria with which they can make informed decisions in matters of faith.

Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science (Paperback): Gregory W. Dawes Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science (Paperback)
Gregory W. Dawes
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the 'warfare thesis' - the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science - insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. This book disagrees. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all such conflicts, the Galileo affair, it argues that religious and scientific communities exhibit very different attitudes to knowledge. Scripturally based religions not only claim a source of knowledge distinct from human reason. They are also bound by tradition, insist upon the certainty of their beliefs, and are resistant to radical criticism in ways in which the sciences are not. If traditionally minded believers perceive a clash between what their faith tells them and the findings of modern science, they may well do what the Church authorities did in Galileo's time. They may attempt to close down the science, insisting that the authority of God's word trumps that of any 'merely human' knowledge. Those of us who value science must take care to ensure this does not happen.

Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science (Hardcover): Gregory W. Dawes Galileo and the Conflict between Religion and Science (Hardcover)
Gregory W. Dawes
R4,768 Discovery Miles 47 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

For more than 30 years, historians have rejected what they call the 'warfare thesis' - the idea that there is an inevitable conflict between religion and science - insisting that scientists and believers can live in harmony. This book disagrees. Taking as its starting point the most famous of all such conflicts, the Galileo affair, it argues that religious and scientific communities exhibit very different attitudes to knowledge. Scripturally based religions not only claim a source of knowledge distinct from human reason. They are also bound by tradition, insist upon the certainty of their beliefs, and are resistant to radical criticism in ways in which the sciences are not. If traditionally minded believers perceive a clash between what their faith tells them and the findings of modern science, they may well do what the Church authorities did in Galileo's time. They may attempt to close down the science, insisting that the authority of God's word trumps that of any 'merely human' knowledge. Those of us who value science must take care to ensure this does not happen.

Theism and Explanation (Hardcover, New): Gregory W. Dawes Theism and Explanation (Hardcover, New)
Gregory W. Dawes
R4,928 Discovery Miles 49 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available, she will assume that one exists. Is this merely a sign of atheistic prejudice, as some critics suggest? Or are there good reasons to exclude from science explanations that invoke a supernatural agent? On the one hand, Dawes concedes the bare possibility that talk of divine action could constitute a potential explanation of some state of affairs, while noting that the conditions under which this would be true are unlikely ever to be fulfilled. On the other hand, he argues that a proposed explanation of this kind would rate poorly, when measured against our usual standards of explanatory virtue.

Religion, Philosophy and Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016): Gregory W. Dawes Religion, Philosophy and Knowledge (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016)
Gregory W. Dawes
R2,028 Discovery Miles 20 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book offers a philosophical approach to religion that acknowledges both the diversity of religions and the many and varied dimensions of the religious life. Rather than restricting itself to Christian theism, it covers a wide range of religious traditions, examining their beliefs in the context of the actual practice of the religious life. After outlining the aims of religion, the book focuses on claims to knowledge. What kinds of knowledge do religions purport to offer? In what idiom is it couched? From what sources do devotees draw their claims to knowledge? Are these sources reliable? Rather than trying to settle age-old questions about religious belief, the book offers its readers a set of criteria with which they can make informed decisions in matters of faith.

Theism and Explanation (Paperback): Gregory W. Dawes Theism and Explanation (Paperback)
Gregory W. Dawes
R1,824 Discovery Miles 18 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this timely study, Dawes defends the methodological naturalism of the sciences. Though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, the scientist, as scientist, will not take such proposed explanations seriously. Even if no natural explanation were available, she will assume that one exists. Is this merely a sign of atheistic prejudice, as some critics suggest? Or are there good reasons to exclude from science explanations that invoke a supernatural agent? On the one hand, Dawes concedes the bare possibility that talk of divine action could constitute a potential explanation of some state of affairs, while noting that the conditions under which this would be true are unlikely ever to be fulfilled. On the other hand, he argues that a proposed explanation of this kind would rate poorly, when measured against our usual standards of explanatory virtue.

Introduction to the Bible - Volume1 (Paperback): Gregory W. Dawes Introduction to the Bible - Volume1 (Paperback)
Gregory W. Dawes
R299 Discovery Miles 2 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When we first pick it up and open it, the Bible can seem confusing and perhaps even frightening. Here is this bulky book, made up of seventy-three sections with unfamiliar titles such as Deuteronomy, Ecclesiastes, Colossians, and Corinthians, with numbers in front of almost every sentence, rarely any pictures, and perhaps a few maps of ancient areas such as Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Judah. Since the Bible looks like a book, we may start to read it as we would any other book, hoping to move from cover to cover. Then we begin to wonder, Who wrote this? When was it written? What kind of writing is this: History? Science? Biography? Fiction? What am I supposed to get out of it? As (or if) we keep reading the Bible page by page, section by section, we soon realize that this is no ordinary run-of-the-bookshelf volume. Without a guide the Bible is likely to remain the book most often purchased but not very often read and even less often understood.

To rescue Bible readers and students from turning their initial enthusiasm into boredom, Gregory Dawes gives us this "Introduction to the Bible," the indispensable prologue to the entire series of the "New Collegeville Bible Commentary." Dividing the contents into two parts, the author first describes how the Old and New Testaments came to be put together, and then explores how their stories have been interpreted over the centuries. In the words of Dawes, this very broad overview of a very complex history offers the general reader a helpful framework within which to begin to understand the Bible. The author writes clearly, frequently seasoning his explanations with crisp examples. This book anchors individual and group Bible study on the solid foundation of basic biblical vocabulary and concepts.

"Gregory W. Dawes is senior lecturer in both religious studies and philosophy at the University of Otago (New Zealand). He undertook graduate study at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome, where he completed the Licentiate degree, before receiving a PhD from the University of Otago in 1995. He has written several books, the most recent being "The Historical Jesus Question: The Challenge of History to Religious Authority "(Westminster John Knox, 2001). He is currently researching Christian responses to the work of Charles Darwin."

The Historical Jesus Question - The Challenge of History to Religious Authority (Paperback, 1st ed): Gregory W. Dawes The Historical Jesus Question - The Challenge of History to Religious Authority (Paperback, 1st ed)
Gregory W. Dawes
R1,244 R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Save R204 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A natural sequel to The Historical Jesus Quest, The Historical Jesus Question offers commentary on the work and significance of the classic writers presented in the earlier volume--Spinoza, Strauss, Schweitzer, Troeltsch, Bultmann, Kasemann--and some additional comment on the work of Pannenberg. Not merely a summary discussion of these important writers, this book goes beyond to follow the implications for theology of the ongoing challenge history presents to biblical authority.

The Historical Jesus Quest - Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History (Paperback): Gregory W. Dawes The Historical Jesus Quest - Landmarks in the Search for the Jesus of History (Paperback)
Gregory W. Dawes
R1,413 R1,165 Discovery Miles 11 650 Save R248 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Virtually all the current debates about the historical Jesus have their roots in questions that have been pursued by biblical historians over the past two centuries. This anthology brings together seminal essays by those scholars who have been most influential in the rise and development of Jesus studies, enabling the reader to compare their differing points of view.

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