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O paradoxo violência e paz nas religiões
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 330

O paradoxo violência e paz nas religiões

O livro apresenta violência e paz como paradoxo, presente na mesma pessoa, sociedade ou religião. Argumenta que não há uma dicotomia que estabeleça contradições extremistas entre a violência e a paz, mas que há uma dialética, conforme a afirmação do apóstolo Paulo: “Não faço o bem que eu quero, mas pratico o mal que não quero” (Rom 7,19). Os capítulos se concentram mais sobre a Bíblia, principalmente sobre o Antigo Testamento, como na apresentação de um Deus misericordioso e, paradoxalmente, violento. Há abordagens também sobre outras religiões e sobre obras de arte específicas.

An Ethnic At Large
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 404

An Ethnic At Large

This work begins with a boy named Geraldo growing up Sicilian in Rochester, New York, and ends with the author breakfasting with Eleanor Roosevelt in the White House. It is a portrait of what it was like to come of age in the 1930s and 1940s.

The Paradise War
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 465

The Paradise War

From the dreaming spires of Oxford, Lewis Gillies drives north to seek a mythical creature in a misty glen in Scotland. Expecting little more than a weekend diversion, Lewis finds himself in a mystical place where two worlds meet, in the time-between-times--and in the heart of a battle between good and evil. The ancient Celts admitted no separation between this world and the Otherworld: the two were delicately interwoven, each dependent on the other. The Paradise War crosses the thin places between this world and that, as Lewis Gillies comes face-to-face with an ancient mystery--and a cosmic catastrophe in the making.

Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 192

Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity

An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, which sees history as linear and unique - a consequence of their messianic and hence radically temporal theology. Gerald Press presents a more general view - that the Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian cultures were fundamentally alien and opposed cultural forces and that, therefore, Christianity's victory over paganism included the replacement or supersession of one intellectual world by another - and then shows that, contrary to this view, there was substantial continuity between "pagan" and Christian ideas of history in antiquity, rather than a striking opposition between cyclic and linear patterns. He finds that the foundation of the Christian view of history as goal-directed lies in the rhetorical rather than the theological motives of early Christian writers.

Reason, Revelation, and Devotion
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 217

Reason, Revelation, and Devotion

The book presents a novel defense of the beneficial epistemic effect that extra logical features can have on the assessment of religious arguments.

Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion - and Vice Versa
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 188

Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion - and Vice Versa

Work in philosophy of religion is still strongly marked by an excessive focus on Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism -- almost to the exclusion of other religious traditions. Moreover, in many cases it has been confined to a narrow set of intellectual problems, without embedding these in their larger social, historical, and practical contexts. Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion--and Vice Versa addresses this situation through a series of interventions intended to work against the gap that exists between much scholarship in philosophy of religion and important recent developments that speak to religious studies as a whole. This volume takes up what, in recent years, ha...

O paradoxo violência e paz nas religiões
  • Language: pt-BR
  • Pages: 330

O paradoxo violência e paz nas religiões

O livro apresenta violência e paz como paradoxo, presente na mesma pessoa, sociedade ou religião. Argumenta que não há uma dicotomia que estabeleça contradições extremistas entre a violência e a paz, mas que há uma dialética, conforme a afirmação do apóstolo Paulo: “Não faço o bem que eu quero, mas pratico o mal que não quero” (Rom 7,19). Os capítulos se concentram mais sobre a Bíblia, principalmente sobre o Antigo Testamento, como na apresentação de um Deus misericordioso e, paradoxalmente, violento. Há abordagens também sobre outras religiões e sobre obras de arte específicas.

Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 219

Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed

Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Immanuel Kant's influence and importance are difficult to exaggerate, his Three Critiques - of Pure Reason, of Practical Reason and of Judgment - standing as landmark works in the Western philosophical canon. Anyone interested in or studying philosophy will encounter Kant and hope to reach a detailed unders...

Søren Kierkegaard
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 229

Søren Kierkegaard

Søren Kierkegaard: Subjectivity, Irony, and the Crisis of Modernity examines the thought of Søren Kierkegaard, a unique figure, who has freeired, provoked, fascinated, and irritated people ever since he walked the streets of Copenhagen. At the end of his life, Kierkegaard said that the only model he had for his work was the Greek philosopher Socrates. This work takes this statement as its point of departure. Jon Stewart explores what Kierkegaard meant by this and to show how different aspects of his writing and argumentative strategy can be traced back to Socrates. The main focus is The Concept of Irony, which is a key text at the beginning of Kierkegaard's literary career. Although it was an early work, it nevertheless played a determining role in his later development and writings. Indeed, it can be said that it laid the groundwork for much of what would appear in his later famous books such as Either/Or and Fear and Trembling.

True Paradox
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 230

True Paradox

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2015-10-14
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The complexity of the contemporary world is sometimes seen as an embarrassment for Christianity. But law professor David Skeel makes a fresh case for how Christianity offers plausible explanations for the central puzzles of our existence and provides a comprehensive framework for understanding human life as we actually live it.