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Author: Allen Stairs
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351219812
Size: 17.54 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2017-09-29
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF A Thinker S Guide To The Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. With an approachable, reader-friendly style, A Thinker's Guide to the Philosophy of Religion provides up-to-date themes in contemporary, analytic philosophy of religion. This provocative collection of readings stimulates clear thinking and careful attention to the reasons for taking up views on religious questions.

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Author: Peter Vardy
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 9781903816226
Size: 12.83 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Release Date: 2003
Category: Apologetics
Language: en
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Download PDF The Thinker S Guide To God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The attempt to define what we mean by God, and indeed goodness, has been the central preoccupation of Western religion and philosophy.

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Author: Charles Taliaferro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 178074174X
Size: 24.65 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 2012-12-01
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A modern take on this age-old branch of philosophy A much-needed introductory level book on this widely studied subject. Isaac Asimov said that "whatever the tortures of hell, I think the boredom of heaven would be even worse." Such quandaries are the bread and butter of philosophy of religion. Questioning why evil exists, whether God could create a stone he couldn’t lift, and if the wonder of life suggests a Creator, this fascinating branch of philosophy is concerned with arguments for and against religion, and what form an immortal god (or gods) would take if in existence. Assuming no prior knowledge of philosophy from the reader, Taliaferro provides a clear exploration of the discipline, introducing a wide range of philosophers and covering the topics of morality and religion, evil, the afterlife, prayer, and miracles. Also containing sections dedicated to Hinduism, Buddhism and the Eastern religions, this helpful primer is perfect for students or the general reader.

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Author: Philip Goodchild
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317282469
Size: 58.88 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Release Date: 2017-04-13
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Religion And European Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek draws together a diverse group of scholars in theology, religious studies, and philosophy to discuss the role that religion plays among key figures in the European philosophical tradition. Designed for accessibility, each of the thirty-four chapters includes background information on the key thinker, an overview of the main themes, concepts, and concerns that occupy his or her attention, and a discussion of the religious and theological elements present in his or her thought, in light of contemporary issues. Given the scope of the volume, Religion and European Philosophy will be the go-to guide for understanding the religious and theological dimensions of European philosophy, for both students and established researchers alike.

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Book Detail:
Author: Jake Chandler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0191631256
Size: 61.22 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2012-04-26
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Probability In The Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Probability theory promises to deliver an exact and unified foundation for inquiry in epistemology and philosophy of science. But philosophy of religion is also fertile ground for the application of probabilistic thinking. This volume presents original contributions from twelve contemporary researchers, both established and emerging, to offer a representative sample of the work currently being carried out in this potentially rich field of inquiry. Grouped into five parts, the chapters span a broad range of traditional issues in religious epistemology. The first three parts discuss the evidential impact of various considerations that have been brought to bear on the question of the existence of God. These include witness reports of the occurrence of miraculous events, the existence of complex biological adaptations, the apparent 'fine-tuning' for life of various physical constants and the existence of seemingly unnecessary evil. The fourth part addresses a number of issues raised by Pascal's famous pragmatic argument for theistic belief. A final part offers probabilistic perspectives on the rationality of faith and the epistemic significance of religious disagreement.

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Book Detail:
Author: Peter J. King
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 9780785830221
Size: 72.96 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2013-04-05
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF 100 Philosophers eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. What is the nature of good and evil? What is the meaning of existence and who are we really? For thousands of years philosophers have struggled with questions such as these, weighing every thought against virtually every rational alternative. Here, presented for non-academic readers, is an easy-to-understand survey of ideas put forth by 100 important philosophers, from the pre-Socratics of ancient Greece to the analytic philosophers of the present day. Each thinker is summarized in a single illustrated page, or in many instances, in an illustrated two-page spread. Each entry includes the philosopher's birth and death dates, titles of major works, major influences, a capsule biographical sketch, and a brief summary of his or her most important ideas. The glossary will help readers quickly navigate and organize their learning. In addition to philosophers in our own Western tradition, readers will find Chinese sages, including Confucius and Lao-tzu, the Indian Buddhist philosopher Ngrjuna, and thinkers representing other cultures.

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Book Detail:
Author: Brian Davies
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198751946
Size: 60.76 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2000
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. 'Comprehensive, representative, good guidance and advice', Dr Andrew Dawson, Chester College'The selection of articles is exceptionally good for an introductory course in the subject. The questions are also useful for discussion in class and writing projects', Dr Victoria S Harrison, Birkbeck CollegePhilosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible overview of the philosophy of religion. Under the careful editorship of Brian Davies, the book contains a selection of the best classical and contemporary writings on the philosophy of religion together with substantial commentary, introductory material, discussion questions, and detailed guides to further reading. The editorial material sets the extracts in context and guides the reader through them. Taken as a whole, the book offers the ideal, self-contained introduction to the questions which have most preoccupied Western philosophers when thinking about religion. The selection is both very comprehensive and very generous. 65 sizeable extracts map out the full range of topics most commonly encountered in courses on the philosophy of religion. Part I looks at the relation between philosophy and religious belief; Parts II-IV consider the existence and nature of God; Part V addresses the 'problem of evil'; and Parts VI and VII are devoted to the relationship between morality and religion and to the question of life after death.

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Book Detail:
Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415180924
Size: 65.31 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 1999
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Russell On Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Bertrand Russell's religious convictions were controversial, and one of his best selling titles is 'Why I am not a Christian'. This is a comprehensive and coherent survey of Russell on religion, with notes for students.

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Book Detail:
Author: Peter Vardy
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 9781903816332
Size: 69.48 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2003
Category: Good and evil
Language: en
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Download PDF The Thinker S Guide To Evil eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. This book answers some of the questions like, How do we recognize evil today?

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Book Detail:
Author: John H. McClendon III
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004332219
Size: 51.92 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2017-07-03
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Religion And The African American Experience eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. African American theologians tend not to find philosophy as a meaningful tool to advance their theological positions. African Americans and Christianity offers an engaging and thorough bridge between African American theology and philosophy of religion.

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Book Detail:
Author: Colin Howson
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498568
Size: 20.21 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Release Date: 2011-07-28
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Objecting To God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The growth of science and a correspondingly scientific way of looking at evidence have for the last three centuries slowly been gaining ground over religious explanations of the cosmos and mankind's place in it. However, not only is secularism now under renewed attack from religious fundamentalism, but it has also been widely claimed that the scientific evidence itself points strongly to a universe deliberately fine-tuned for life to evolve in it. In addition, certain aspects of human life, like consciousness and the ability to recognise the existence of universal moral standards, seem completely resistant to evolutionary explanation. In this book Colin Howson analyses in detail the evidence which is claimed to support belief in God's existence and argues that the claim is not well-founded. Moreover, there is very compelling evidence that an all-powerful, all-knowing God not only does not exist but cannot exist, a conclusion both surprising and provocative.

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Author: Peter Adam Angeles
Publisher:
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Size: 70.43 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 1997
Category: Atheism
Language: en
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Download PDF Critiques Of God eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Essays on atheism by Kurt Baier, John Dewey, Paul Edwards, Antony Flew, Sigmund Freud, Erich Fromm, Sidney Hook, Walter Kaufmann, Corliss Lamont, Wallace I. Matson, H.J. McCloskey, Ernest Nagel, Kai Nielsen, Richard Robinson, Bertrand Russell, and Michael Scriven.

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Book Detail:
Author: Diane Morgan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1466875542
Size: 48.22 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2014-07-08
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF The Best Guide To Eastern Philosophy And Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy & Religion provides a thorough discussion of the most widely practiced belief systems of the East. Author Diane Morgan understands how to direct the materialistic, linear way of Western thinking toward a comprehension of the cyclical, metaphysical essence of Eastern philosophy. With an emphasis on the tenets and customs that Western seekers find most compelling, this text is accessible to the novice yet sophisticated enough for the experienced reader. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, as well as the less-widely practiced faiths of Shintoism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Zoroastrianism. Learn the fundamentals of the tantric path to liberation and the relationship between sex and seeking. Discover the true meaning of Feng Shui, the philosophical underpinnings of Hatha Yoga and Taoist connection to the martial art of Tai chi chuan. And if you've ever wondered: what is the sound of one hand clapping?, this book will get you started on finding that answer. The Eastern traditions, with their emphasis on harmony and oneness, have much to offer us in our hectic, demanding lives. For a comprehensive, entertaining exploration of the beliefs of Asia, The Best Guide to Eastern Philosophy & Religion is the essential manual for the seeker in all of us.

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Book Detail:
Author: Jeffrey J. Jordan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441126538
Size: 43.58 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2010-11-18
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Religion The Key Thinkers eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. 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.

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Book Detail:
Author: Richard White
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350129135
Size: 15.73 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2020-02-20
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Spiritual Philosophers From Schopenhauer To Irigaray eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. How does thinking illuminate the spiritual view of life? How does a close examination of key spiritual thinkers help us to live in the modern world? And in what way does philosophy enhance spirituality? In this book, Richard White answers these questions by analysing a range of important philosophers, from Schopenhauer in the first half of the 19th century to Irigaray in the present day. Each chapter examines the work of a single writer and one closely associated theme, such as Nietzsche on generosity, Benjamin on wisdom, and Derrida on mourning. The author looks at philosophy and spirituality in the tradition of continental philosophy, and he views spirituality as something that can be separated from religion. With the rise of reductive scientific materialism becoming ever more prevalent in modern society, White seeks to recover the idea of a spiritual tradition which is not otherworldly but philosophical in nature. The thinkers discussed in this book articulate some of the deepest possibilities of human existence. Spiritual Philosophers offers an approach to philosophy as a spiritual practice, which the author sees as an integral part of our life. As a pioneering work in an emerging field – the philosophy of spirituality -- this book contributes to several key debates surrounding spirituality, theology and the role of philosophy in the contemporary world.

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Book Detail:
Author: James Wetzel
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441174826
Size: 72.93 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Release Date: 2010-04-09
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Augustine A Guide For The Perplexed eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. This is a student's guide to the life and work of Augustine; a notoriously challenging thinker, widely read in Philosophy and Christian Theology. The book provides a concise and coherent overview of Augustine, introducing all the key concepts and themes, and is ideal for undergraduates who require more than just a simple introduction to his work and thought.

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Book Detail:
Author: Richard Kearney
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253214898
Size: 73.48 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2001-10-03
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF The God Who May Be eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. "Kearney is one of the most exciting thinkers in the English-speaking world of continental philosophy. . . . and [he] joins hands with its fundamental project, asking the question 'what'or who'comes after the God of metaphysics?'" —John D. Caputo Engaging some of the most urgent issues in the philosophy of religion today, in this lively book Richard Kearney proposes that instead of thinking of God as 'actual,' God might best be thought of as the possibility of the impossible. By pulling away from biblical perceptions of God and breaking with dominant theological traditions, Kearney draws on the work of Ricoeur, Levinas, Derrida, Heidegger, and others to provide a surprising and original answer to who or what God might be. For Kearney, the intersecting dimensions of impossibility propel religious experience and faith in new directions, notably toward views of God that are unforeseeable, unprogrammable, and uncertain. Important themes such as the phenomenology of the persona, the meaning of the unity of God, God and desire, notions of existence and différance, and faith in philosophy are taken up in this penetrating and original work. Richard Kearney is Professor of Philosophy at Boston College and University College, Dublin. He is author of many books on modern philosophy and culture, including Dialogues with Contemporary Continental Thinkers, The Wake of Imagination, and The Poetics of Modernity.

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Book Detail:
Author: Steven M. Cahn
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351122177
Size: 32.90 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 2018-03-09
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Teaching Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Some students find philosophy engrossing; others are merely bewildered. How can professors meet the challenge of teaching introductory-level philosophy so that their students, regardless of initial incentive or skill, come to understand and even enjoy the subject? For nearly a decade, renowned philosopher and teacher Steven M. Cahn offered doctoral students a fourteen-week, credit-bearing course to prepare them to teach undergraduates. At schools where these instructors were appointed, department chairs reported a dramatic increase in student interest. In this book, Cahn captures the essence of that course. Yet many of the topics he discusses concern all faculty, regardless of subject: a teacher’s responsibilities, the keys to effective instruction, the proper approach to term papers, examinations, and grades; and suggestions for how administrators should demonstrate that they take teaching seriously. Such matters are covered in the first seven chapters and in the final, fourteenth chapter. The intermediate six chapters focus on teaching introductory philosophy and, in particular, on critical thinking, free will, philosophy of religion, ethics, and political philosophy. Cahn’s writing is lucid and lively, using vivid examples and avoiding educational jargon. In sum, this book is not only a guide on how to inspire students but also an inspiration for teachers themselves.

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Book Detail:
Author: Amanda Forshaw
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 151043254X
Size: 64.71 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 2019-10-07
Category: Study Aids
Language: en
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Download PDF Pearson Edexcel Religious Studies A Level As Student Guide Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Exam board: Edexcel Level: A-level Subject: Religious Studies First teaching: September 2016 First exams: Summer 2017 Build, reinforce and assess students' knowledge throughout their course; tailored to the 2016 Edexcel A level specification and brought to you by the leading Religious Studies publisher, this guide combines clear content coverage with practice questions and sample answers. Written by teachers with extensive examining experience, this guide: - Helps students identify what they need to know with a concise summary of the topics examined at AS and A-level - Consolidates understanding through assessment tips - Offers opportunities for students to improve their exam technique by consulting sample student answers and commentary for each question type - Builds understanding through accessible explanations of key definitions and thinkers

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Book Detail:
Author: Jim Kanaris
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 1438469098
Size: 23.95 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2018-04-01
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Reconfigurations Of Philosophy Of Religion eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Explores the place and meaning of philosophy of religion in our current poststructuralist, postsecular, postcolonialist context. This collection addresses, as it exemplifies, an identity crisis in contemporary philosophy of religion. It represents a unique two-way dialogue between philosophers of religion and scholars of religion and broaches issues pertaining to the philosophy of religion and the philosophical tradition, on the one hand, and religious studies, theology, and the modern academy on the other. While each author manages the current challenges in philosophy of religion differently, one can nonetheless discern a polyphony of interests surrounding a postcritical, postsecular appreciation of religion. In part 1, contributors ask how philosophy of religion can accommodate both the strengths and weaknesses of Western analytic and continental traditions; incorporate developments in ideology critique, gender studies, and Asian philosophies; and negotiate the perceived stalemate in philosophy of religion. Part 2 addresses these questions in terms of a philosophy of religion that is postcolonial in intention and multidisciplinary in orientation and features scholarship from the fields of both religion and theology. An underlying theme is the importance of ushering philosophy of religion into a postphenomenological era of religious studies and theology. This is a neglected dimension in many laudable discussions about philosophy of religion that this volume hopes to emend. “This gathering of important voices and the differences of approach and opinion that they represent invites/provokes reflection, self-examination by philosophers of religion, and further work.” — Jeffrey Dudiak, author of The Intrigue of Ethics: A Reading of the Idea of Discourse in the Thought of Emmanuel Levinas

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