Faith and Freedom [[electronic resource] ] : An Interfaith Perspective

• Autore: Burrell David B
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 231
• Soggetto topico: Creation - Comparative studies; Liberty - Religious aspects - Comparative studies; Philosophical theology; Philosophical theology - Religious aspects; Creation; Liberty; Religion; Christianity; Philosophy & Religion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: FAITH AND FREEDOM: An Interfaith Perspective; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Part I Creator/Creation Relation; Chapter 1 Distinguishing God from the World; Chapter 2 The Unknowability of God in al-Ghazali; Chapter 3 Why not Pursue the Metaphor of Artisan and View God's Knowledge as Practical?; Chapter 4 Maimonides, Aquinas, and Gersonides on Providence and Evil; Chapter 5 Aquinas' Debt to Maimonides; Chapter 6 Creation and "Actualism": The Dialectical Dimension of Philosophical Theology; Chapter 7 Aquinas and Scotus: Contrary Patterns for Philosophical Theology ; Chapter 8 From Analogy of "Being" to the Analogy of BeingPart II Divine Freedom and Human Freedom; Chapter 9 The Challenge to Medieval Christian Philosophy: Relating Creator to Creatures; Chapter 10 Freedom and Creation in the Abrahamic Traditions; Chapter 11 Al-Ghazali on Created Freedom; Chapter 12 Creation, Will, and Knowledge in Aquinas and Duns Scotus; Part III Interfaith Encounter; Chapter 13 God, Religious Pluralism, and Dialogic Encounter; Chapter 14 The Christian Distinction Celebrated and Expanded; Chapter 15 Incarnation and Creation: The Hidden Dimension ; Chapter 16 Assessing Statements of Faith: Augustine and Etty HillesumIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: In this book, David Burrell, one of the foremost philosophical theologians in the English-speaking world, presents the best of his work on creation and human freedom.A collection of writings by one of the foremost philosophers of religion in the English-speaking world. Brings together in one volume the best of David Burrell's work on creation and human freedom from the last twenty years. Dismantles the 'libertarian' approach to freedom underlying Western political and economic systems. Engages with Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and with modern and pre
• Titolo autorizzato: Faith and Freedom
• ISBN: 1-280-19847-8; 9786610198474; 0-470-98458-9; 0-470-75312-9; 1-4051-3760-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910841037103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Challenges in Contemporary Theology