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

• Autore: Archer Margaret S (Margaret Scotford)
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013; London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 210
• Soggetto topico: God - Proof, Empirical; Philosophical theology; Philosophy; Religion; Philosophy & Religion; Christianity; Speculative Philosophy
• Altri autori: CollierAndrew <1944-2014.> PorporaDouglas V
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Transcendence
• ISBN: 0-203-42068-3; 1-299-47839-5; 1-134-30671-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779683803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Realism: Interventions