God and the Self: Three Types of Philosophy of ReligionBucknell University Press, 1976 - 241 pages This book is a collection of essays on the philosophy of religion, but it draws on contemporary work in the social sciences as well as in philosophy. It examines the ways in which conceptions of God reflect notions of the self that are present in the thought and experience of each author. |
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Page 51
... immediately aware of this structure . It belongs to the character of existence that man is estranged from nature , that he is unable to understand it in the way in which he can under- stand man . ( 1 : 168 ) The term " self " is more ...
... immediately aware of this structure . It belongs to the character of existence that man is estranged from nature , that he is unable to understand it in the way in which he can under- stand man . ( 1 : 168 ) The term " self " is more ...
Page 129
... immediately related " ( p . 214 ) . This act - situation is consti- tuted by acts that directly precede the new one and by those acts which are contemporaneous with it . Farrer appeals here to a dialectic of serial unity and ...
... immediately related " ( p . 214 ) . This act - situation is consti- tuted by acts that directly precede the new one and by those acts which are contemporaneous with it . Farrer appeals here to a dialectic of serial unity and ...
Page 199
... Immediately after his identification of the ideal conception of the divine nature with the community and its interpreter , Royce stresses this point : This , to be sure , is , at this point of our discussion , still merely the ...
... Immediately after his identification of the ideal conception of the divine nature with the community and its interpreter , Royce stresses this point : This , to be sure , is , at this point of our discussion , still merely the ...
Contents
This book originated in a curiosity about the various | 7 |
Introduction | 11 |
The Monistic Type | 36 |
Copyright | |
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activity analogy analysis anxiety apprehension argument aspects of experience attribution theory Austin Farrer autonomy centeredness character Clifford Geertz cognitive community of interpretation conceived conception context correlation cosmological culture Descartes described dialectic differentiation discourse discussion distinction divine doctrine elements ence encounter epistemology essential estrangement eternal existence existential existentialist expression Farrer Finite and Infinite finite substance finitude freedom function Glass of Vision goal ground human experience ideal ideas images immediacy immediate indi individual individualistic type intuition involves Josiah Royce Karl Barth knowing knowledge language loyalty mediate ment metaphysical monistic type nature nonbeing notion object one's ontological participation Paul Tillich perception perience person philosophical philosophy of religion polarity possible prehension present Problem of Christianity process of interpretation provides rational reality relation religious symbols Royce Royce's sense structure superpattern Systematic Theology T. F. Torrance temporal terpretation theory Tillich tion tradition triadic relation truth unity vidual