A Spectrum of Worldviews: An Introduction to Philosophy of Religion in a Pluralistic World

الغلاف الأمامي
Rodopi, 2006 - 331 من الصفحات
This book is an introduction to philosophy of religion from the perspective of a religiously pluralistic culture. It deals with introductory questions such as whether we can we understand, compare, and judge the insights of others and the ways in which people can speak and think about God. It introduces the classical themes of philosophy of religion - immanent and transcendent ideas of God and (im)personality; transcendence, good, and evil; religion, morality and society - using a distinction between cosmic, acosmic and theistic ideas of the divine. This introduction helps us discover differences and commonalities and thus helps further an emphatic and critical dialogue. This book explores how comparative theology and philosophy of religion can move beyond the dead-end roads of relativism and exclusivism.

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المحتوى

ON COMPARING DIFFERENT IDEAS OF TRANSCENDENCE
21
UNDERSTANDING THE FAITH OF OTHERS
41
CAN WE EVALUATE THE FAITH OF OTHERS?
63
SYMBOLS AND METAPHORS
87
THREE VIEWS OF TRANSCENDENCE
117
GODPERSONAL ANDOR IMPERSONAL?
153
WORLDVIEW AND EVIL
179
GOD AND THE GOOD
209
DIALOGUE ON MORALITY
229
RELIGION CONFLICT AND DIALOGUE
253
BIBLIOGRAPHY
303
INDEX OF SUBJECTS
319
INDEX OF NAMES
329
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مقاطع مشهورة

الصفحة 188 - I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
الصفحة 121 - Too late came I to love thee, O thou Beauty both so ancient and so fresh, yea too late came I to love thee. And behold, thou wert within me, and I out of myself, where I made search for thee: I ugly rushed headlong upon those beautiful things thou J hast made.
الصفحة 222 - O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever...
الصفحة 188 - Now if I do what I do not want, I agree that the law is good. So then it is no longer I that do it, but sin which dwells within me. For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh.
الصفحة 110 - If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!
الصفحة 138 - Lead me, O Zeus, and thou, O Destiny. The way that I am bid by you to go : To follow I am ready. If I choose not, I make myself a wretch ; — and still must follow.
الصفحة 219 - Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
الصفحة 265 - This incarnation of the divine Being, or the fact that it essentially and directly has the shape of selfconsciousness, is the simple content of the absolute religion.
الصفحة 255 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right includes freedom to change religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or in private, to manifest religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.

نبذة عن المؤلف (2006)

Hendrik M. Vroom is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, co-editor of this series and of Studies in Interreligious Dialogue. He has written several books on (inter)religious and social issues and has been engaged in interreligious encounters fora long time.

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