Faith, rationality, and the passions / edited by Sarah Coakley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coakley, Sarah, 1951-

Series:

Directions in modern theology.

Directions in modern theology book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faith and reason--Congresses.

Faith and reason.

Emotions--Religious aspects--Congresses.

Emotions.

Religion--Philosophy--Congresses.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figuresOverturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passionPresents

Contents:

Faith, Rationality, and the Passions; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS; 1: REASON, FAITH, AND MEANING; 2: THE INVENTION OF FANATICISM; 3: THE LATE ARRIVAL OF LANGUAGE: WORD, NATURE, AND THE DIVINE IN PLATO'S CRATYLUS; 4: EVAGRIUS PONTICUS AND THE EASTERN MONASTIC TRADITION ON THE INTELLECT AND THE PASSIONS; 5: TEARS AND WEEPING: AN AUGUSTINIAN VIEW; 6: THE NON-ARISTOTELIAN CHARACTER OF AQUINAS'S ETHICS: AQUINAS ON THE PASSIONS; 7: SKEPTICAL DETACHMENT OR LOVING SUBMISSION TO THE GOOD? REASON, FAITH, AND THE PASSIONS IN DESCARTES

8: HUME VERSUS KANT: FAITH, REASON, AND FEELING9: KANT, THE PASSIONS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MORAL MOTIVATION; 10: "THE MONSTROUS CENTAUR"? JOSEPH DE MAISTRE ON REASON, PASSION, AND VIOLENCE; 11: KIERKEGAARD ON FAITH, REASON, AND PASSION; 12: REVOLTING PASSIONS; 13: WITTGENSTEIN ON FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS; 14: PSYCHOLOGY AND THE RATIONALITY OF EMOTION; 15: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF EMOTION AND REASONING IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MORAL THEOLOGY; 16: INTELLECTUAL EMOTIONS AND RELIGIOUS EMOTIONS

POSTSCRIPT: WHAT (IF ANYTHING) CAN THE SCIENCES TELL PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ABOUT FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS?INDEX

Notes:

Papers presented at conference held Jan. 11-13, 2010 at the University of Cambridge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299313774

1299313779

9781118321997

1118321995

9781118321683

1118321685

9781118321690

1118321693

OCLC:

804665023