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The Modern Predicament : a Study in the Philosophy of Religion.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Paton, H. J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Table of Contents; I Philosophy and religion; 1. The task; 2. Natural theology; 3. The stipulations of Lord Gifford; 4. Popularity; 5. The starting point; 6. The goal; 7. Philosophy and religion; II The Linguistic veto; 1. The linguistic veto; 2. Ordinary language; 3. Ideal language; 4. Analytic and synthetic propositions; 5. The principle of verification; 6. Theological statements; 7. The linguistic method; 8. The language of religion and theology; III The Theological veto.
  • 1. The theological veto2. A common scepticism; 3. The rejection of reason; 4. The closed circle; 5. The claims of reason; 6. Theological positivism; 7. The ban rejected; IV Religion; 1. The conflict of opinion; 2. What religion is not; 3. Religion and the whole man; 4. Man and the Whole; 5. The Idea of God; 6. Worship; 7. What religion is; V Religious aberration; 1. Aberrations and obsessions; 2. The obsession with the primitive; 3. The obsession with emotion; 4. The obsession with thinking; 5. The obsession with morality; 6. The spirit of intolerance; 7. Wildness and rigidity.
  • 8. The deviation into politics9. Hypocrisy; 10. The significance of aberration; VI The Way of Negation; 1. The way of negation; 2. Self-love and negation; 3. Morality and negation; 4. Self-love and religion; 5. The negative way in religion; 6. Must willing be self-centred?; 7. Nihilism; VII Intellectual Impediments; 1. Different types of impediment; 2. Religion and science; 3. Religion and physics; 4. Religion and biology; 5. Religion and psychology; 6. Religion and history; 7. Religion and philosophy; 8. The predicament of religion; VIII Responses; 1. Responses.
  • 2. The way of the two compartments3. The way of archaism; 4. The way of absurdity; 5. The way of the kernel and the husk; 6. The way of allegory; 7. The way of religious experience; 8. The way of psychical research; 9. The need for philosophy; IX The Way of Experience; 1. Religious experience; 2. 'The Idea of the Holy'; 3. The rational and the non-rational; 4. Mysterium tremendum; 5. The faculty of divination; 6. Otto and Kant; 7. The numinous and the holy; 8. The appraisal of religious value; 9. The apprehension of God's existence; 10. Religion and philosophy; X The Mystic Way.
  • 1. The claims of mysticism2. Ordinary prayer; 3. The mystic way; 4. Ecstasy and the spiritual marriage; 5. The element of suffering; 6. The element of negation; 8. The question of validity; 7. The difficulties of criticism; 9. The voice of poetry; XI I and Thou; 1. Experience and encounter; 2. I-Thou and I-It; 3. The world of living relation; 4. Some difficulties; 5. The absolute relation; 6. The way to the encounter; 7. The mark of revelation; 8. The God of reflexion; XII The Argument From Perfection; 1. Religious thinking; 2. Arguments for the existence of God; 3. The ontological argument.