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Stranger's Religion
Fascination and Fear
Häftad, 2004
443 kr
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This text reflects on the fascination and fear that humans experience when confronted with diverse religious beliefs and practices. Contributors argue that fear of the ""stranger"" and his or her religion can only be overcome through education, and they suggest ways in which we can better …
Celebrating Peace
Inbunden, 2022
2265 kr
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The contributors reflect on the concept of peace from a variety of viewpoints. This volume intends not only to celebrate peace but to contribute to an understanding of it through philosophical, theological and literary explorations.
Can Virtue Be Taught?
Inbunden, 2022
1537 kr
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For centuries human beings have asked questions about what it is to be virtuous and how to teach goodness to the next generation. This volume contains 11 essays, written by highly regarded thinkers in the fields of theology, philosophy, and anthropology, which address the question: Can virtue be …
Can Virtue Be Taught?
Häftad, 1993
380 kr
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This volume contains 11 essays which address the question: can virtue be taught? The essays illuminate the dilemma over the problematic role of moral education in a pluralistic society; in addition they illustrate the positive role diversity plays in the discussion of virtues and education.
In Pursuit of Happiness
Inbunden, 1995
1537 kr
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In the first section of this volume, the essayists begin by discussing happiness as a form of tranquility, desire, and blessedness. The second section deals with happiness in three major religious traditions: Jewish, Buddhist, and Confucian. The final section of In Pursuit of Happiness not only …
Knowing Religiously
Häftad, 1985
576 kr
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Focusing on the contemporary experience of cultural and religious pluralism, the authors in this volume work toward a reconception of the basic concepts in philosophy of religion - the idea of God and the religious ways of knowing that idea - as historically dynamic.
Longing for Home
Inbunden, 1997
1767 kr
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The authors of The Longing for Home explore the notion that home is both a place and a condition of the spirit. While a person may have a place that is home, he or she may also be nostalgic for an inner spiritual home which beckons even as it lies beyond the human grasp. Essays by Elie Wiesel, …
Longing for Home
Häftad, 1997
682 kr
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This work explores the notion that home is both a place and a condition of the spirit. While a person may have a place that is home, he or she may also be nostalgic for an inner spiritual home which beckons even as it lies beyond the human grasp.
Myth, Symbol, and Reality
Av Alan Olson
Häftad, 1982
537 kr
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Do myths and symbols have anything at all to tell us about reality? Or do they simply deserve to be relegated to the realm of fantastic unreality? The essayists in this volume deploy all the critical tools available in the task of taking myth and symbol seriously. They are not willing to consign …
Meaning, Truth, and God
Inbunden, 1994
1537 kr
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The distinction between meaning and truth has become a critical issue for contemporary philosophy of religion. These essays by eminent scholars express a concern not only with the logic of religious belief and the effect of social context on religious meaning, but with the truth-claim concerning …
Meaning, Truth, and God
Häftad, 1994
556 kr
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This text explores questions of the relation of meaning and truth in the philosophy of religion. Topics discussed include: the logic of theological enquiry; the challenges to the veracity of religious discourse; social processes and religious beliefs; and the question of the reality of God.
On Freedom
Inbunden, 1989
1537 kr
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In this tenth volume of the highly respected Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion series, contributors explore new approaches to the role of freedom in the contemporary world. It is clear that the idea of freedom has progressed with autonomous selfhood. But it is not yet evident how …
Selves, People, and Persons
What Does It Mean to Be a Self?
Inbunden, 1992
1537 kr
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This volume of the Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion addresses the meaning of selfhood. The eleven contributors explore this urgent question by reshaping fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy.The meaning …
Selves, People, and Persons
What Does It Mean to Be a Self?
Häftad, 1992
576 kr
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This work addresses the meaning of selfhood. It explores this question by reshaping fundamental ideas of the self in such varied fields as theology, biology, psychoanalysis, and political philosophy.
Transcendence and the Sacred
Av Alan Olson
Inbunden, 1996
1563 kr
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A collection of essays on the problems of comparative studies of religions and cultures. Methodology and specific religious cultures are examined.
Transcendence and the Sacred
Av Alan Olson
Häftad, 1994
615 kr
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A collection of essays on the problems of comparative studies of religions and cultures. Methodology and specific religious cultures are examined.
Civility
Inbunden, 2000
1537 kr
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The philosopher Peter Bertocci once argued that promptness is a fundamental form of social justice. In this lively conversation on an increasingly significant theme, major philosophers and religious scholars argue the issue on three levels.
Civility
Häftad, 2000
615 kr
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A conversation between major philosophers and religious scholars on the increasingly significant theme of civility. There seems to be a consensus that the lack of civility is a problem; that it is more than a class issue of manners; and that its loss is troubling for contemporary society.
Celebrating Peace
Häftad, 1990
576 kr
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Coming in the wake of momentous changes in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, Germany and the movement for democracy in China, Celebrating Peace presents original essays by thinkers and writers to provide reflections on peace that go beyond current events and point towards extending and building …
Courage
Inbunden, 1999
392 kr
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Ten scholars from the varied fields of philosophy, theology, history, anthropology and literature reflect on the theme of courage. Contributors to this volume agree that courage is not just for the few or the dramatically heroic but is required of everyone of us.
Foundations of Ethics
Häftad, 1983
615 kr
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Just when we need them the most, our ethical resources seem least clear and reliable. Hence our search for foundations of ethics. The intent of this volume has not been to solve any specific moral problem, but to explore basic issues.
In Pursuit of Happiness
Häftad, 1995
615 kr
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This work discusses happiness as a form of tranquility, desire, and blessedness. It then deals with happiness in three major religious traditions - Jewish, Buddhist, and Confucian. It also includes a philosophical essay that focuses on the long-ago baseball rivalry between the Cubs and the Red Sox.
If I Should Die
Inbunden, 2001
1537 kr
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What does death really mean? Is there life after death? This conversation covers various views on these matters, from John Lach's insistence that the notion of immortality is philosophically unintelligible, to Jurgen Moltmann's study of various arguments for what happens to us when we die.
If I Should Die
Häftad, 2001
576 kr
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The contrtibutors to this collection offer personal, philosophical and historical views on questions about death. Contributors include: John Lachs, Jurgen Moltmann, David Roochnik, Aaron Garrett, David Schmidtz, David Eckel, Brian Jorgensen, Rita Rouner, Peter Gomes and Wendy Doniger.
Stranger's Religion
Fascination and Fear
Inbunden, 2004
1537 kr
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Reflecting on the fascination and fear that humans inevitably experience when confronted with diverse religious beliefs and practices, this text argues that fear of the ""stranger"" and his or her religion can only be overcome through education. It suggests ways in which we can better understand …
On Freedom
Häftad, 1989
615 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this tenth volume of the highly respected Boston University Studies in Philosophy and Religion series, contributors explore new approaches to the role of freedom in the contemporary world. It is clear that the idea of freedom has progressed with autonomous selfhood. But it is not yet evident how …
