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Negative natural theology : God and the limits of reason / Christopher J. Insole.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Insole, Christopher J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies philosophical theology.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford studies philosophical theology
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Natural theology.
- Negative theology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- How can we live in harmony with the universe, and not just in it? What is it to feel at home in the world? Some thinkers who feel the force of these questions reach for the concept of God. Others do not. This book asks what might be at stake in the choice of whether or not to speak about God: not just in terms of abstract reasoning or arguments about God, but in relation to deeper undercurrents of motivation and yearning. The book is interested in sites in contemporary thinking, where the concept of the divine beckons, or looms, but also, perhaps, repels, or hides. It asks 'what is at stake' in the decision (if it is that) to talk about God and the divine, or not to do so, with a wide and deep curiosity about what this might include: reasons and arguments, certainly, but also more biographical, intuitive, and affective dimensions, including imagination, and feelings about what is valuable.
- Contents:
- The cosmic question : Thomas Nagel and perspectives on life
- The existence of the word God : reference and mystery
- Absurd and holy mystery
- Karl Rahner and Albert Camus
- Humanism not mysterious : the happy human
- William James' radical empiricism and modern paganism
- Absolute idealism and Derek Parfit on what really matters
- Becoming divine : Kant and Jung
- Epilogue: The varieties of philosophical experience.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 18, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 9780198933007
- 0198933002
- 9780198932987
- 0198932987
- OCLC:
- 1470972551
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