The persistence of the sacred in modern thought [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Chris L. Firestone and Nathan A. Jacobs

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806913903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-268-07974-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (422 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FirestoneChris L. <1957->; JacobsNathan
• Disciplina: 210
• Soggetti: God; Philosophy and religion; Philosophy, Modern
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction / Chris L. Firestone and Nathan A. Jacobs -- The desecularization of Descartes / John Cottingham -- Law and self-preservation in 'Leviathan' : on misunderstanding Hobbes's philosophy, 1650-1700 / A. P. Martinich -- The religious Spinoza / Philip Clayton -- God and design in the thought of Robert Boyle / Richard A. Muller -- God in Locke's philosophy / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- The myth of the clockwork universe : Newton, Newtonianism, and the Enlightenment / Stephen D. Snobelen -- Pierre Bayle : a "complicated Protestant" / Hubert Bost -- Leibniz and the Augustinian tradition / Nathan A. Jacobs -- Hume's defence of true religion / Lee Hardy -- The illegitimate son : Kant and theological nonrealism / Chris L. Firestone -- The reception and legacy of J. G. Fichte's 'Religionslehre' / Yolanda Estes -- Metaphysical realism and epistemological modesty in Schleiermacher's method / Jacqueline Mariña -- Schelling's turn to scripture / Nicholas Adams -- Hegel and secularization / Peter C. Hodgson -- Kierkegaard's critique of secular reason / Myron B. Penner.
• Sommario/riassunto: Fifteen contributors examine the role of God in the thought of major European philosophers from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.