Ultimates / Robert Cummings Neville.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neville, Robert C.

Series:

Philosophical theology ; Volume One.

Philosophical theology ; Volume One

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophical theology.

Philosophy and religion.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 378 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Philosophical theology. Volume One, Ultimates

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2013]

Summary:

"A new theology of ultimate reality and a new theory of religion to back it up addressed to believers and scholars of all traditions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

I The Hypothesis 1

II Defining Religion 4

III Identifying Religion in Public Discourse 9

IV Distinguishing Marks of Philosophical Theology 12

Part I Ultimates Defined

Part I Preliminary Remarks 25

Chapter 1 Sacred Canopies 29

I A Theory of Sacred Canopies 29

II Finite/Infinite Contrasts 33

III World-Defining Human Problems 34

IV Truth in Sacred Canopies 42

Chapter 2 Reference, Reduction, Philosophy, and Metaphysics 45

I The Presupposition of Real Reference 45

II The Scientific Bracketing of Real Reference 49

III Philosophy's Control for Reductionism 52

IV Metaphysics Explained and Defended 55

Chapter 3 Symbolic Engagement 63

I Interpretation as Engagement 63

II The Pragmatic Heritage 68

III Iconic, Indexical, and Conventional Reference in Extension and Intention 70

IV Engaging Finite/Infinite Contrasts 73

Chapter 4 Worldviews 81

I Orientation and Worldviews: The Sacred/Mundane Continuum 81

II The Transcendence/Intimacy Continuum 84

III The Sophistication/Popular Culture Continuum 87

IV The Existential Continua: Sharing, Comprehensiveness, Intensity 91

Part I Summary Implications 95

Part II Ultimates Symbolized

Part II Preliminary Remarks 101

Chapter 5 Ultimate Reality and Ultimate Concern 105

I Ultimate and Proximate Concerns 105

II Ultimacy and Dialectic 109

III Ultimate Concern as a Function of True Ultimacy 113

IV Tensions along the Worldview Continua 118

Chapter 6 Toward Transcendent Symbols of Ultimacy 121

I Scale 121

II Idolatry 124

III Explanation: Metaphysics 127

IV Experience 131

Chapter 7 Toward Intimate Symbols of Ultimacy 135

I Nature's Depths 135

II The Uncanny Familiar 138

III Human Meaning 141

IV Human Correction 146

Chapter 8 Ultimacy in Theological Framing: Ontology and Narrative 149

I Narrative of the Divine 149

II Narrative of the People 153

III The Symbolic Falsehood of All Narratives 155

IV Living with Broken Narratives and Humanized Transcendents 158

Part II Summary Implications 163

Part III Ultimates Demonstrated

Part III Preliminary Remarks 169

Chapter 9 The Metaphysics of Ontological Ultimacy 173

I Ultimate Reality, Being, and the Problem of the One and the Many 173

II Whether Being Is One or Many 176

III Whether Being Is Analogical or Univocal 180

IV Whether Being Is Determinate or Indeterminate 184

Chapter 10 The Metaphysics of Cosmological Ultimacy 193

I Determinateness as Harmony: Essential and Conditional Components 193

II Transcendental Elements of Harmony: Form and Components 197

III Transcendental Elements of Harmony: Existential Location 202

IV Transcendental Elements of Harmony: Achieved Value-Identity 204

Chapter 11 Proof of an Ultimate Ontological Creative Act 211

I Radical Contingency and the Ontological Context of Mutual Relevance 212

II Proof of an Ontological Creative Act 215

III The Determinate World as the End of the Act 218

IV Abyss in the Act: Symmetry of the Concept versus Asymmetry of What Is Conceived 221

Chapter 12 The Ontological Ultimate: An Act of Creation 227

I The Nature of the Ultimate Act as Created 227

II The Eternity of Creation 232

III Time and Eternity in the Three Modes of Time 235

IV Eternity as Ontological and Cosmological Ultimate Reality 241

Part III Summary Implications 245

Part IV Ultimates Known

Part IV Preliminary Remarks 251

Chapter 13 What Can Be Known about Ultimacy 253

I The Ultimate as Modeled: God, Consciousness, Emergence 253

II Ultimacy and the Transcendental: Form, Components, Existential Location, Value-Identity 262

III Eternity and the Divine Life 266

IV Ultimacy in Extension and Intension 269

Chapter 14 What Cannot Be Known about Ultimacy 273

I The Ultimate Has No Intrinsic Nature apart from Creation 273

II The Ultimate and Other Possible Worlds 276

III The Ultimate Is Not a Person 279

IV The Ultimate and Intelligibility 282

Chapter 15 Symbolic Engagement as Praying the Ultimate 287

I Theological Understanding as a Sign 287

II Multiple Symbols along the Sophistication/Popular Religion, Transcendence/Intimacy, and Sacred/Mundane Continua 290

III Systematic Thinking for Controlling Symbols 293

IV Thinking the Ultimate 297

Chapter 16 Mystical Engagement 301

I The Path of Meditation: Nondualism 303

II The Path of Contemplation: Suchness 306

III The Path of the Mystical Abyss 309

IV The Path of Love 312

Part IV Summary Implications 319.

Notes:

"Volume one."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438448831

143844883X

1461943620

9781461943624

OCLC:

836261113