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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779683803321

Autore

Archer Margaret S (Margaret Scotford)

Titolo

Transcendence [[electronic resource] ] : Critical Realism and God

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

0-203-42068-3

1-299-47839-5

1-134-30671-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Critical Realism: Interventions

Altri autori (Persone)

CollierAndrew <1944-2014.>

PorporaDouglas V

Disciplina

210

Soggetti

God - Proof, Empirical

Philosophical theology

Philosophy

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Christianity

Speculative Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Transcendence: Critical realism and God; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What do we mean by God?; 3 Realism, relativism and reason in religious belief; 4 Judgemental rationality and Jesus; 5 Models of man: the admission of transcendence; 6 The Masters of Suspicion and secularisation; 7 Western mysticism and the limits of language; 8 A propaedeutic to a propaedeutic on inter-religious dialogue; 9 Natural theology, revealed theology and religious experlence; 10 On understanding religious experience: St Teresa as a challenge to social theory; 11 The human project

12 Emancipation, social and spiritualIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic



default setting within the academic world.  Conversely, religious belief confronts a double standard. Religious believers are not permitted to make truth claims but are instead forced to present their beliefs as part of one language game amongst many. Religious truth claims are expected to satisfy empiricist criteria of evidence but when they fail, as they must, religious belief b