Terry Lectures – serie
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41 produkter
Courage to Be
Av Paul Tillich
Häftad, 2014
3,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
160 kr
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Selected as one of the Books of the Century by the New York Public Library “The brilliance, the wealth of illustration, and the aptness of personal application . . . make the reading of these chapters an exciting experience.”—W. Norman Pittenger, New York Times Book Review “The Courage to Be …
Psychology and Religion
Häftad, 1960
201 kr
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“These compact vigorous essays constitute Dr. Jung’s most sustained interpretation of the religious function in individual experience.”—Journal of Social Philosophy “This psychological study of religion is particularly interesting in the light of current social and political movements throughout …
Captive Gods
Religion and the Rise of Social Science
Inbunden, 2025
228 kr
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Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah explores how early social scientists developed our modern understandings of society through their theories of religionThe foundations of modern social science were built on the study of religion, the acclaimed thinker Kwame Anthony Appiah argues. Delving into the …
Freud and Philosophy
An Essay on Interpretation
Av Paul Ricoeur
Häftad, 1977
816 kr
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If Paul Ricoeur is correct in seeing the various currents of contemporary philosophy all converging on the problem of a "grand philosophy of language," then the first sixty pages of this absorbing study of Freud may become the rallying point from which future work can begin.This first part of Freud …
Reason, Faith, and Revolution
Reflections on the God Debate
Häftad, 2010
172 kr
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One of our most influential literary critics challenges those who too easily dismiss religion and faithTerry Eagleton’s witty and polemical Reason, Faith, and Revolution is bound to cause a stir among scientists, theologians, people of faith and people of no faith, as well as general readers eager …
Psychoanalysis and Religion
Av Erich Fromm
Häftad, 1959
217 kr
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“A daring book to have cast into the midst of the world’s excitements, for it will itself breed new excitements. . . . It is not a book to be missed by those interested in man’s spiritual growth.”—New York TimesA noted psychoanalyst assesses the modern issue between traditional religion and a …
Education at the Crossroads
Häftad, 1960
317 kr
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"A document of first-rate importance. . . . Sheer informed common sense. . . . This volume should be compulsory reading for all, whatever their religious beliefs or disbeliefs, who want light on the nature and place of education in our democratic society."—The Yale Review One of the most eminent …
Meaning of Evolution
A Study of the History of Life and of Its Significance for Man, Revised Edition
Häftad, 1967
601 kr
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A world-famous scientist answers the fundamental questions concerning the changes in the course of the history of life and considers human aims, values, and duties in the light of the nature of man and his place in the history of life."The clearest and soundest exposition of the meaning of …
Police and the Public
Häftad, 1973
455 kr
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Riding with patrol cars in four major northern cities, walking with policemen on the beat, observing what goes on in police stations, analyzing who telephones the police, what crimes are reported, who reports them, and why, Albert J. Reiss, Jr., seeks to understand the ways in which we can make our …
Divine Relativity
A Social Conception of God
Häftad, 1982
382 kr
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Charles Hartshorne has set himself the task of formulating the idea of deity "to preserve perhaps even increase, its religious value, while yet avoiding the contradictions which seem inseparable from the idea of customarily defined." This is a brilliant attempt to redefine problems that have long …
Presence of the Word
Some Prolegomena for Cultural and Religious History
Häftad, 1967
619 kr
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This provocative exploration of the nature and history of the word in some of its social, psychological, literary, phenomenological, and religious dimensions argues that the word is initially aural and in the last analysis always remains sound; it cannot be reduced to any other category. Father Ong …
Empirical Stance
Häftad, 2004
525 kr
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What is empiricism and what could it be? Bas C. van Fraassen, one of the world’s foremost contributors to philosophical logic and the philosophy of science, here undertakes a fresh consideration of these questions and offers a program for renewal of the empiricist tradition. The empiricist …
Exorcism and Enlightenment
Johann Joseph Gassner and the Demons of Eighteenth-Century Germany
Inbunden, 2005
821 kr
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In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727–1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands, rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic. In this book H. C. Erik Midelfort …
Structure of Religious Experience
Inbunden, 1936
875 kr
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John Macmurray, one of the most brilliant of the younger English philosophers, sets forth his conception of a religion which he believes can save the world from chaos. He regards religion as having its springs in the relations between human individuals, and thinks that a religion that is not …
Concerning Evolution
Inbunden, 1925
1037 kr
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An important step toward a re-correlation of science and religion. In this volume the distinguished author of “The Outline of Science” gives the layman a clear and comprehensive picture of the processes of evolution.
Evolution in Science and Religion
Inbunden, 1927
766 kr
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This volume is based upon the seventeenth series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Foundation established by the late Dwight H. Terry of Plymouth, Connecticut, through his gift of an endowment fund for the delivery and subsequent publication of "Lectures on Religion in the Light of …
Freedom of Man
Inbunden, 1935
954 kr
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A great physicist, winner of the Noble Prize in 1927, here gives his views of man’s place in the world. His position is unmistakable and he states it with clarity and vigor. Mankind, in the author’s opinion, is far from a creature who fundamentally obeys inevitable laws; the universe is …
Medicine and Human Welfare
Inbunden, 1941
941 kr
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This volume is based upon the sixteenth series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Foundation established by the late Dwight H. Terry of Plymouth, Connecticut, through his gift of an endowment fund for the delivery and subsequent publication of “Lectures on Religion in the Light of …
Belief Unbound
A Promethan Religion for the Modern World
Inbunden, 1930
766 kr
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This volume is based upon the seventh series of lectures delivered at Yale University on the Foundation established by the late Dwight H. Terry of Plymouth, Connecticut, through his gift of an endowment fund for the delivery and subsequent publication of “Lectures on Religion in the Light of …
Ourselves Unborn
An Embryologist's Essay on Man
Inbunden, 1944
1030 kr
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Dr. George Washington Corner, one of the most eminent embryologists in the United States, has written in this book an account of what happens to man (and other mammals) before birth. Here is the latest knowledge in the possession of the embryologist, presented so that the layman can read it; the …
Furtherance of Medical Research
Av Alan Gregg
Inbunden, 1941
967 kr
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The Director for the Medical Sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation tells in this book what medical research is, what the universities and foundations have done and should do about it, and of the kind of man who works at the frontiers of the unknown in order to push back the curtains of darkness at …
Conversations with an Unrepentant Liberal
Inbunden, 1946
908 kr
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In this book two philosophers, Simmias and Cebes, who were friends and contemporaries of Plato’s continue their discussions of life and death and religion in this current year of crisis. Beginning in a railway station in Boston and continuing on through Providence and New Haven, they argue the …
Universe and Life
Inbunden, 1933
875 kr
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Dr. Jennings states that his purpose in The Universe and Life is to “try to show what positive outlook on life and the world is given by the study of biological science; and how this differs, if at all, from the outlook based on physics, or from the outlook presented in some of the religions of the …
On Understanding Science
An Historical Approach
Inbunden, 1947
954 kr
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James B. Conant, who is one of the country’s most eminent scientists as well as one of its most notable practitioners of education, tells here how he believes the layman can find out what science is and how to understand it. The language, customs, and manners of the scientists are frequently …
Natural Reflections
Human Cognition at the Nexus of Science and Religion
Inbunden, 2010
858 kr
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In this important and original book, eminent scholar Barbara Herrnstein Smith describes, assesses, and reflects upon a set of contemporary intellectual projects involving science, religion, and human cognition. One, which Smith calls “the New Naturalism,” is the effort to explain religion on the …
Religion and Science Debate
Why Does It Continue?
Häftad, 2019
434 kr
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Six acclaimed scholars—including a biologist, a sociologist, a historian, a philosopher, and a physicist—examine the evolution debate.Eighty-one years after America witnessed the Scopes trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools, the debate between science and religion continues. In …
Thinking in Circles
An Essay on Ring Composition
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
302 kr
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Exploring beyond the usual boundaries of social anthropology, a leader in the field shows why our readings of ancient literary texts may be off the markMany famous antique texts are misunderstood and many others have been completely dismissed, all because the literary style in which they were …
Absence of Mind
The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of the Self
Häftad, 2011
160 kr
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One of our best contemporary writers explores the tension between science and religion and reveals how our concept of mind determines how we understand and value human nature and human civilization “These impassioned pages require and reward very close attention.”—Michael Dirda, Washington Post In …
Islam, Science, and the Challenge of History
Av Ahmad Dallal
Häftad, 2012
218 kr
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An acclaimed scholar provides the most comprehensive examination available of the Islamic scientific tradition and its relationship to religion and philosophyIn this wide-ranging and masterful work, Ahmad Dallal examines the significance of scientific knowledge and situates the culture of science …
Israelis and the Jewish Tradition
An Ancient People Debating Its Future
Häftad, 2011
412 kr
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In this powerful book one of the most important Jewish thinkers in the world today grapples with issues that increasingly divide Israel’s secular Jewish community from its religious Zionists. Addressing the concerns of both communities from the point of view of one who is deeply committed to …
