The Concept of God in James – Importance and Implications

The Concept of God in James – Importance and Implications
Title The Concept of God in James – Importance and Implications PDF eBook
Author Jojan Jose
Publisher Notion Press
Pages 225
Release 2017-07-03
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1947349503

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This book is an explanation of the author’s investigation into James’ concept of God, using the historical-critical approach as a hermeneutical tool to find out how it was important to different realms of the early Messianic community and its significance to Christians today. The Epistle of James faced lot of struggles to be included in the New Testament. For various reasons, the book was not considered for early canonization. The main reason was the view that there were less theological aspects in the content of the book. Martin Luther described this book as “an epistle of straw.” Respectively, scholars like Martin Debelius, J. H. Ropes, E. J. Goodspeed and A. M. Hunter also underscore the nature of its relatively limited theology by highlighting other aspects of the Epistle of James. Therefore, this book attempts to investigate James’ theological concepts by looking into his use of the concept of God in the socio-political, religious and economic settings of the people in the text.

Everybody Is Wrong About God

Everybody Is Wrong About God
Title Everybody Is Wrong About God PDF eBook
Author James A. Lindsay
Publisher Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
Pages 268
Release 2015-12-01
Genre Religion
ISBN 1634310381

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A call to action to address people's psychological and social motives for a belief in God, rather than debate the existence of God With every argument for theism long since discredited, the result is that atheism has become little more than the noises reasonable people make in the presence of unjustified religious beliefs. Thus, engaging in interminable debate with religious believers about the existence of God has become exactly the wrong way for nonbelievers to try to deal with misguided—and often dangerous—belief in a higher power. The key, author James Lindsay argues, is to stop that particular conversation. He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in "God," they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action. Once nonbelievers understand this simple point, and drop the very label of atheist, will they be able to change the way we all think about, talk about, and act upon the troublesome notion called "God."

The Death of God and the Meaning of Life

The Death of God and the Meaning of Life
Title The Death of God and the Meaning of Life PDF eBook
Author Julian Young
Publisher Routledge
Pages 262
Release 2014-05-16
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1135020906

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What is the meaning of life? In today's secular, post-religious scientific world, this question has become a serious preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major philosophers have thought deeply about it, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking second edition of The Death of God and the Meaning of Life. Three new chapters explore Søren Kierkegaard’s attempts to preserve a Christian answer to the question of the meaning of life, Karl Marx's attempt to translate this answer into naturalistic and atheistic terms, and Sigmund Freud’s deep pessimism about the possibility of any version of such an answer. Part 1 presents an historical overview of philosophers from Plato to Marx who have believed in a meaning of life, either in some supposed ‘other’ world or in the future of this world. Part 2 assesses what happened when the traditional structures that give life meaning began to erode. With nothing to take their place, these structures gave way to the threat of nihilism, to the appearance that life is meaningless. Young looks at the responses to this threat in chapters on Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Camus, Foucault and Derrida. Fully revised and updated throughout, this highly engaging exploration of fundamental issues will captivate anyone who’s ever asked themselves where life’s meaning (if there is one) really lies. It also makes a perfect historical introduction to philosophy, particularly to the continental tradition.

William James and Phenomenology

William James and Phenomenology
Title William James and Phenomenology PDF eBook
Author James M. Edie
Publisher
Pages 136
Release 1987
Genre Philosophy
ISBN

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The Gospel According to the Apostles

The Gospel According to the Apostles
Title The Gospel According to the Apostles PDF eBook
Author John MacArthur
Publisher Thomas Nelson Inc
Pages 288
Release
Genre Religion
ISBN 1418579408

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The Will to Believe

The Will to Believe
Title The Will to Believe PDF eBook
Author William James
Publisher
Pages 360
Release 1896
Genre Belief and doubt
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The universe next door

The universe next door
Title The universe next door PDF eBook
Author James W. Sire
Publisher ReadHowYouWant.com
Pages 306
Release 1980
Genre
ISBN 1442974605

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