Faith, Reason and the Existence of God

Faith, Reason and the Existence of God
Title Faith, Reason and the Existence of God PDF eBook
Author Denys Turner
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 296
Release 2004-09-16
Genre History
ISBN 9780521602563

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The proposition that the existence of God is demonstrable by rational argument is doubted by nearly all philosophical opinion today and is thought by most Christian theologians to be incompatible with Christian faith. This book argues that, on the contrary, there are reasons of faith why in principle the existence of God should be thought rationally demonstrable and that it is worthwhile revisiting the theology of Thomas Aquinas to see why this is so. The book further suggests that philosophical objections to proofs of God's existence rely upon an attenuated and impoverished conception of reason which theologians of all monotheistic traditions might wish to reject. Denys Turner proposes that on a broader and deeper conception of it, human rationality is open to the 'sacramental shape' of creation as such and in its exercise of rational proof of God it in some way participates in that sacramentality of all things.

Existence and Faith

Existence and Faith
Title Existence and Faith PDF eBook
Author Rudolf Bultmann
Publisher Fontana Press
Pages 383
Release 1961
Genre Theology
ISBN 9780006410447

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Time and Eternity

Time and Eternity
Title Time and Eternity PDF eBook
Author William Lane Craig
Publisher Crossway
Pages 259
Release 2001-03-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1433517566

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This remarkable work offers an analytical exploration of the nature of divine eternity and God's relationship to time.

On the Nature and Existence of God

On the Nature and Existence of God
Title On the Nature and Existence of God PDF eBook
Author Richard M. Gale
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Pages 351
Release 2016-08-26
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1107142350

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This influential book evaluates the arguments for the existence and nature of God that emerged in the late twentieth century.

Life After Faith

Life After Faith
Title Life After Faith PDF eBook
Author Philip Kitcher
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 194
Release 2014-10-28
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 0300210345

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Although there is no shortage of recent books arguing against religion, few offer a positive alternative—how anyone might live a fulfilling life without the support of religious beliefs. This enlightening book fills the gap. Philip Kitcher constructs an original and persuasive secular perspective, one that answers human needs, recognizes the objectivity of values, and provides for the universal desire for meaningfulness. Kitcher thoughtfully and sensitively considers how secularism can respond to the worries and challenges that all people confront, including the issue of mortality. He investigates how secular lives compare with those of people who adopt religious doctrines as literal truth, as well as those who embrace less literalistic versions of religion. Whereas religious belief has been important in past times, Kitcher concludes that evolution away from religion is now essential. He envisions the successors to religious life, when the senses of identity and community traditionally fostered by religion will instead draw on a broader range of cultural items—those provided by poets, filmmakers, musicians, artists, scientists, and others. With clarity and deep insight, Kitcher reveals the power of secular humanism to encourage fulfilling human lives built on ethical truth.

Living Christianly

Living Christianly
Title Living Christianly PDF eBook
Author Sylvia Walsh
Publisher Penn State Press
Pages 194
Release 2015-11-02
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 027107597X

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The pseudonymous works Kierkegaard wrote during the period 1843–46 have been responsible for establishing his reputation as an important philosophical thinker, but for Kierkegaard himself, they were merely preparatory for what he saw as the primary task of his authorship: to elucidate the meaning of what it is to live as a Christian and thus to show his readers how they could become truly Christian. The more overtly religious and specifically Christian works Kierkegaard produced in the period 1847–51 were devoted to this task. In this book Sylvia Walsh focuses on the writings of this later period and locates the key to Kierkegaard’s understanding of Christianity in the “inverse dialectic” that is involved in “living Christianly.” In the book’s four main chapters, Walsh examines in detail how this inverse dialectic operates in the complementary relationship of the negative qualifications of Christian existence—sin, the possibility of offense, self-denial, and suffering—to the positive qualifications—faith, forgiveness, new life/love/hope, and joy and consolation. It was Kierkegaard’s aim, she argues, “to bring the negative qualifications, which he believed had been virtually eliminated in Christendom, once again into view, to provide them with conceptual clarity, and to show their essential relation to, and necessity in, securing a correct understanding and expression of the positive qualifications of Christian existence.”

Reflections on the Existence of God

Reflections on the Existence of God
Title Reflections on the Existence of God PDF eBook
Author Richard Simmons, 3rd
Publisher
Pages
Release 2019-11-30
Genre
ISBN 9781939358226

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This book is a series of short essays seeking to answer life's most enduring question: Does God exist? I have attempted to craft a book that is well researched (I have been conducting this research for over 30 years) but also easy to read and understand. Each essay can be read in less than 10 minutes. In the end it is important to know whether God exists or He does not exist. There is no third option. What I am seeking to do in this book is to determine which of these beliefs is true and which one is not.