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The philosophy of religion of Alexander Campbell /
Well known for the role he played in the American Restoration Movement, Alexander Campbell was one of the most respected and influential religious figures of 19th-century America. Although Campbell's legacy as a religious leader and theologian has been widely acknowledged and documented, his co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Knoxville :
The University of Tennessee Press,
[2013]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Well known for the role he played in the American Restoration Movement, Alexander Campbell was one of the most respected and influential religious figures of 19th-century America. Although Campbell's legacy as a religious leader and theologian has been widely acknowledged and documented, his contributions as a philosopher of religion have been largely neglected. This book reintroduces readers to Campbell as a philosopher of religion and explores the philosophical basis for the views underlying his religious movement. It begins with a discussion of Campbell's role in antebellum American religion and proceeds to an exploration of his philosophical influences. The author then reconstructs, explains, and evaluates Campbell's philosophy of religion. He critically examines Campbell's unique, revealed-idea argument for the existence of God - that is, if God did not exist, we could not form the distinct idea of God. The author goes on to explore Campbell's defense of miracles, including the resurrection of Christ, and his responses to the problem of evil and the problem of divine hiddenness. The final and most speculative chapter collects and synthesizes from scattered writings Campbell's view on morality and religion - namely, that there is no morality without God - which has proven difficult to defend on philosophical grounds. This book presents Campbell's views strictly in philosophical terms and evaluates them from a philosophical perspective without regard to religious apologetics. In doing so, the author illuminates previously unexplored dimensions of Campbell and his work, both historically and theologically, and validates Campbell's inclusion in contemporary discussions of the philosophy of religion. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 207 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-201) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781572339835 1572339837 1299605273 9781299605275 |