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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817892503321

Autore

Blum Paul Richard

Titolo

Philosophy of religion in the Renaissance / / Paul Richard Blum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-08113-7

1-315-60040-4

1-317-08112-9

1-282-52492-5

9786612524929

1-4094-0262-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Collana

Ashgate Studies in the History of Philosophical Theology

Disciplina

200.1

Soggetti

Religion - Philosophy - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 From Faith and Reason to Fideism: Raymond Lull, Raimundus Sabundus and Michel de Montaigne; 2 Nicholas of Cusa and Pythagorean Theology; 3 Giordano Bruno's Philosophy of Religion; 4 Coluccio Salutati: Hermeneutics of Humanity; 5 Humanism Applied to Language, Logic and Religion: Lorenzo Valla; 6 Georgios Gemistos Plethon: From Paganism to Christianity and Back; 7 Marsilio Ficino's Philosophical Theology; 8 Giovanni Pico against Popular Platonism; 9 Tommaso Campanella: God Makes Sense in the World; 10 Francisco Suárez-Scholastic and Platonic Ideas of God

Epilogue Conflicting Truth ClaimsBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth claims which were equal in strength and different in contents. Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature, contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of Renaissance authors, including



Lull, Saluta