Religion and the good life / edited by Marcel Sarot & Wessel Stoker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sarot, Marcel.

Stoker, W. (Wessel)

Series:

Studies in theology and religion 1566-208X ; v. 10.

Studies in theology and religion, 1566-208X ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Kingdom of God.

Life--Religious aspects.

Life.

Physical Description:

284 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Assen : Royal Van Gorcum, 2004.

Contents:

Religion and the good life: introduction / Marcel Sarot and Wessel Stoker

The tension between representation and concept as a challenge for philosophy of religion / Peter Jonkers

Beyond representation and concept: the language of testimony / R.D.N. van Riessen

Seduction and guidance: some remarks on the ambiguities of reason and reflective thought in connection with religion and the good life / W. Dupré

The good life is historical / Ben Vedder

The quality of life: comic vision in Charles Dickens and Iris Murdoch / Henry Jansen

Narrative, atonement, and the Christian conception of the good life / Gijsbert van den Brink

Myths and the good life: Ricoeur's hermeneutical approach to myth / Wessel Stoker

Bahajans and their symbols: religious hermeneutics of "the good life" / Hendrick M. Vroom

Models of the good life / Marcel Sarot

The highest good and the Kingdom of God in the philosophy of Kant: a moral concept and a religious metaphor of the good life / Donald Loose

Jacques Derrida and messianity / Victor Kal

Skepticism and the meaning of life / Michael Scott

Ultimate happiness and the love of God / Vincent Brümmer

Human being and the natural desire for God: reflections on the natural and the supernatural / Eef Dekker.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9023240693

OCLC:

56583483