Reason and Religion

Reason and Religion

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  • Author: Herman Philipse
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107161738
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 231

Combines philosophical investigations concerning the truth of religious convictions with empirical research on the origins and functions of religious beliefs. This book focuses on two core questions: (1) How probable is it that any particular god exists? (2) How should we account for the occurrence of religious beliefs in human societies?


Reason in Religion

Reason in Religion

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  • Author: Walter Jaeschke
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780520065185
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 492

"This book is the first to take account of the clarification in Hegel interpretation, and on these documents in particular, made possible by the entirely new critical edition. . . . Jaeschke is able to give fresh interpretations and new insights into long standing controversies in the field."--Robert R. Williams, Hiram College, Ohio


Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

Kant: Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason

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  • Author: Immanuel Kant
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521599641
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 276

Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in the history of Western religious thought. It represents a great philosopher's attempt to spell out the form and content of a type of religion that would be grounded in moral reason and would meet the needs of ethical life. It includes sharply critical and boldly constructive discussions on topics not often treated by philosophers, including such traditional theological concepts as original sin and the salvation or 'justification' of a sinner, and the idea of the proper role of a church. This volume presents it and three short essays that illuminate it in new translations by Allen Wood and George di Giovanni, with an introduction by Robert Merrihew Adams that locates it in its historical and philosophical context.


Religion and Rationality

Religion and Rationality

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  • Author: Jürgen Habermas
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 0745694411
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 184

This important new volume brings together Habermas' key writing on religion and religious belief. Habermas explores the relations between Christian and Jewish thought, on the one hand, and the Western philosophical tradition on the other. In so doing, he examines a range of important figures, including Benjamin, Heidegger, Johann Baptist Metz and Gershom Scholem. In a new introduction written especially for this volume, Eduardo Mendieta places Habermas' engagement with religion in the context of his work as a whole. Mendieta also discusses Habermas' writings in relation to Jewish Messianism and the Frankfurt School, showing how the essays in Religion and Rationality, one of which is translated into English for the first time, foreground an important, yet often neglected, dimension of critical theory. The volume concludes with an original extended interview, also in English for the first time, in which Habermas develops his current views on religion in modern society. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars in theology, religious studies and philosophy, as well as to all those already familiar with Habermas' work.


Reason Within the Bounds of Religion

Reason Within the Bounds of Religion

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  • Author: Nicholas Wolterstorff
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780802816047
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 168

Expanding on his 1976 study of the bearing of Christian faith on the practice of scholarship, Wolterstorff has added a substantial new section on the role of faith in the decisions scholars make about their choice of subject matter.


Reason & Religious Belief

Reason & Religious Belief

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  • Author: Michael L. Peterson
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Philosophy
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 364

Drawing from both classical and contemporary discussions, the authors examine topics of religious experience, faith and reason, theistic arguments, the problem of evil, religious language, miracles, life after death, and much more. The volume is enhanced by study questions and suggestions for further reading. The book also may serve as a companion to the authors' 1996 anthology, PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION.


Religion Within Reason

Religion Within Reason

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  • Author: Steven M. Cahn
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 0231543662
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 121

In the views of most believers and critics, religion is essentially connected to the existence of a supernatural deity. If supernaturalism is not reasonable, the argument goes, religion cannot be reasonable—or if supernaturalism is reasonable, religion must be as well. Are faith and reason, religion and science, doomed to a constant struggle for the heart of humanity? Steven M. Cahn believes that they are not, that even if God exists, religion may not be justified and that even if religion is justified, belief in God may not be. In Religion Within Reason, Cahn argues that the common understanding of the relationship between religion and supernaturalism is flawed and that while supernaturalism is not reasonable, religious commitment may well be. Writing not as a theist but as one who finds much to admire in a religious life, he examines faith and reason, miracles, heaven and hell, religious diversity, and the problem of evil, using a variety of examples taken from religious thought, literature, and popular culture. Lucidly written in a nonpolemical spirit, Religion Within Reason offers an exciting new approach to the reconciliation of science and religion.


Faith and Understanding

Faith and Understanding

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  • Author: Paul Helm
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780802844514
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 228

Faith and Understanding is the first book-length study of the age-old effort to understand Christianity from both the sides of faith and reason, looking at the work done by such figures as Augustine, Anselm, John Calvin, and Jonathan Edwards.


Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza

Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza

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  • Author: Carlos Fraenkel
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 0521194571
  • Category : History
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 357

This groundbreaking account of the concept of a philosophical religion traces its history from antiquity to the Enlightenment.


Faith and Reason

Faith and Reason

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  • Author: Brian Besong
  • Publisher: Ignatius Press
  • ISBN: 1642290734
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 298

Too smart to believe in God? The twelve philosophers in this book are too smart not to, and their finely honed reasoning skills and advanced educations are on display as they explain their reasons for believing in Christianity and entering the Roman Catholic Church. Among the twelve converts are well-known professors and writers including Peter Kreeft, Edward Feser, J. Budziszewski, Candace Vogler, and Robert Koons. Each story is unique; yet each one details the various perceptible ways God drew these lovers of wisdom to himself and to the Church. In every case, reason played a primary role. It had to, because being a Catholic philosopher is no easy task when the majority of one's colleagues thinks that religious faith is irrational. Although the reasonableness of the Catholic faith captured the attention of these philosophers and cleared a space into which the seed of supernatural faith could be planted, in each of these essays the attentive reader will find a fully human story. The contributions are not merely collections of arguments; they are stories of grace.