A Discourse of the Use of Reason in Matters of Religion

A Discourse of the Use of Reason in Matters of Religion
Title A Discourse of the Use of Reason in Matters of Religion PDF eBook
Author George Rust
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Pages 98
Release 1683
Genre Apologetics
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John Locke's Theology

John Locke's Theology
Title John Locke's Theology PDF eBook
Author Jonathan S. Marko
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 377
Release 2023
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 019765004X

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In John Locke's Theology: An Ecumenical, Irenic, and Controversial Project, Jonathan S. Marko offers the closest work available to a theological system derived from the writings of John Locke. Marko argues that Locke's intent for The Reasonableness of Christianity, his most noted theological work, was to describe and defend his version of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity and not his personal theological views. Locke, Marko says, intended the work to be an ecumenical and irenic project during a controversial time in philosophy and theology. Locke described what qualifies someone as a Christian in simple and irenic terms, and argued for the necessity of Scripture and the reasonableness of God's means of conveying his authoritative messages. The Reasonableness of Christianity could be construed as personal, but mainly in the sense that it puts the burden of understanding Scripture and arriving at theological convictions on the autonomous individual, rejecting the notion that one should base one's doctrinal opinions on so-called authorities. His work was inadvertently controversial partly because then, like today, readers typically failed to make a distinction between Locke's personal and programmatic positions. Marko also points to places in Locke's corpus where he avoids advocating for a particular sectarian position in his treatment of theological doctrines. What is more, it shows why attempting to categorize Locke--a philosopher, theologian, and political scientist all at once--according to traditional Christian paradigms is a dangerous misstep and a difficult scholarly feat.

Between Naturalism and Religion

Between Naturalism and Religion
Title Between Naturalism and Religion PDF eBook
Author Jürgen Habermas
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 258
Release 2014-11-06
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0745694608

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Two countervailing trends mark the intellectual tenor of our age – the spread of naturalistic worldviews and religious orthodoxies. Advances in biogenetics, brain research, and robotics are clearing the way for the penetration of an objective scientific self-understanding of persons into everyday life. For philosophy, this trend is associated with the challenge of scientific naturalism. At the same time, we are witnessing an unexpected revitalization of religious traditions and the politicization of religious communities across the world. From a philosophical perspective, this revival of religious energies poses the challenge of a fundamentalist critique of the principles underlying the modern Wests postmetaphysical understanding of itself. The tension between naturalism and religion is the central theme of this major new book by Jürgen Habermas. On the one hand he argues for an appropriate naturalistic understanding of cultural evolution that does justice to the normative character of the human mind. On the other hand, he calls for an appropriate interpretation of the secularizing effects of a process of social and cultural rationalization increasingly denounced by the champions of religious orthodoxies as a historical development peculiar to the West. These reflections on the enduring importance of religion and the limits of secularism under conditions of postmetaphysical reason set the scene for an extended treatment the political significance of religious tolerance and for a fresh contribution to current debates on cosmopolitanism and a constitution for international society.

The Works of Theodore Parker: A discourse of matters pertaining to religion

The Works of Theodore Parker: A discourse of matters pertaining to religion
Title The Works of Theodore Parker: A discourse of matters pertaining to religion PDF eBook
Author Theodore Parker
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Pages 520
Release 1907
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Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics

Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics
Title Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics PDF eBook
Author James Hastings
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Pages 926
Release 1911
Genre Ethics
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A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion

A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion
Title A Discourse of Matters Pertaining to Religion PDF eBook
Author Theodore Parker
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Pages 488
Release 1907
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The Religious Innatism Debate in Early Modern Britain

The Religious Innatism Debate in Early Modern Britain
Title The Religious Innatism Debate in Early Modern Britain PDF eBook
Author R.J.W. Mills
Publisher Springer Nature
Pages 137
Release 2021-09-20
Genre History
ISBN 3030843238

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This book demonstrates that the common belief that humanity is naturally disposed to religion did not disappear with the emergence of the Enlightenment. Going beyond a narrow focus on John Locke’s empiricism, this vivid analysis reconstructs the vociferous, multivocal debate over the natural origins of religious belief in England and Scotland between c. 1650 and c. 1750. It enriches our understanding through examining hundreds of discussions of the relationship between human nature and religion, from a variety of genres and contexts. It shows that belief in religious innatism was a ubiquitous and enduring claim about human nature across the continuum of Christian thought in early modern Britain, and one deployed for a variety of reasons. While the doctrine of innate religious ideas did fall out of use, the belief that human nature was framed for religion continued in new forms into the eighteenth century.