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Ratio et fides
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Theologia et cultura
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Schleiermachers "Reden" - nachreflektierend interpretiert
Friedrich Schleiermachers (1768-1834) Buch "Über die Religion. Reden an die Gebildeten unter ihren Verächtern" (1799), kurz "Reden", ist ein Klassiker des Schrifttums über die Religion. Seit ihrem Erscheinen ist er Gegenstand des Interesses für Geisteswissenschaftler verschiedener Gebiete, u.a. Theologen, Philosophen und Literaturwissenschaftler, gewesen. Schleiermacher wollte den gebildeten Verächtern seiner Zeit den Zugang zu einem tieferen Verständnis der Religion erleuchtern. In fünf Reden behandelt er Themen, die nach ihm für eine Ausführung über die Religion wesentlich sind. Im Kielwasser des fortwährend aktiven Interesses für die ”Reden” geht es dem Verfasser der vorliegenden Untersuchung darum, die Kernpunkte dieser Schrift durch eine kritisch nachreflektierende Interpretation aufzuschließen, und so ihre Bedeutung als ein Beispiel fundamentalen Denkens über die Religion zu vergegenwärtigen.
Academia et ecclesia
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Encounters of the Children of Abraham from Ancient to Modern Times
The 16 contributions to this volume, written by scholars from various fields of religious studies, lead the reader to comprehend the plurality of interreligious encounters, hostile yet also peaceful, between the Children of Abraham, i.e. Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Living with Risk and Danger
The contemporary world is marked by a sense of vulnerability not seen since the end of the Cold War. Climate change, migration, and political instability make people feel the inherent vulnerability of human life. Concepts of "risk" and "danger" are as relevant now as ever before for illuminating contemporary life. Yet, what changes in human lives if one interprets existence with "risk" and "danger" from the perspective of Christian faith? Does the Christian symbol system offer orientation for human lives in a time of crisis? Exploring the work of leading contemporary thinkers, Danish theologian Mikkel Gabriel Christoffersen develops a rich and varied account of Christian doctrine that enable...
Ablution, Initiation, and Baptism: Methodological considerations
The present volumes is the result of an international collaboration of researchers who are excellent within their respective fields: interpretation of texts, studies of rites, archaeology, architecture, history of art, and cultural anthropology. They met for two conferences to discuss the significance of rites of ablution, initiation, and baptism and their interpretation in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity. The volume establishes a new international standard of research within these fields of scholarship.
Trust: The Tacit Demand
Even though several branches of philosophy meet in the notion of trust, it has nevertheless been largely neglected by mainstream philosophy. Arguably, most existing analyses fail to give a just account of the reality of human experience. The author believes that this is not a coincidence but symptomatic of the irrelevance of received ideas of rationality for crucial areas of human agency. `Individualist' approaches, he argues, can be accused precisely of ignoring fundamental questions about the nature of the individual. Expanding on the works of Wittgenstein, Winch, and others, in Trust: The Tacit Demand the author demonstrates the conceptual significance of our dependence on others. The discussion stretches over philosophical psychology, epistemology, political philosophy and moral philosophy. The book may be of interest to anyone in philosophy, psychology or the social sciences.
Law, Religion, Constitution
What is the place assigned to religion in the constitutions of contemporary States? What role is religion expected to perform in the fields that are the object of constitutional regulation? Is separation of religion and politics a necessary precondition for democracy and the rule of law? These questions are addressed in this book through an analysis of the constitutional texts that are in force in different parts of the world. Constitutions are at the centre of almost all contemporary legal systems and provide the principles and values that inspire the action of the national law-makers. After a discussion of some topics that are central to the constitutional regulation of religion, the book considers a number of national systems covering countries with a variety of religious and cultural backgrounds. The final section of the book is devoted to the discussion of the constitutional regulation of some particularly controversial issues, such as religious education, the relation between freedom of speech and freedom of religion, abortion, and freedom of conscience.
Confronting Confucian Understandings of the Christian Doctrine of Salvation
A complete exploration is the first systematic analysis ever comparing the central religious doctrinal aspects of Christianity with those in Confucianism. Huang's work carefully covers the whole history of the Confucian-Christian tradition, and ends up with genuinely new insights. He elaborates on the idea of transcendence in the Confucian tradition in a manner which enables an interpretation of the Christian means of salvation. His explanation of transcendence, and its connection with the means of salvation, is new and unique, offering a clue to the special understanding of salvation germane to the specifically Chinese intellecual history. Huang's book is a must for anyone interested in the Sino-Western cultural encounter.
