Religions challenged by contingency : theological and philosophical approaches to the problem of contingency /

Religions challenged by contingency : theological and philosophical approaches to the problem of contingency /

In this volume, the relationship between religion and contingency is investigated. Its historical part comprises analyses of important philosophers' interpretations of this relationship, viz. that of Leibniz, Kant, Lessing, Jaspers, and Heidegger. Its systematic part analyses how this relations...

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Other Authors: Grube, Dirk-Martin., Jonkers, Peter, 1954-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill. c2008.

Series: Studies in Theology and Religion 12.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004222717.

Subjects:

Kontingenz.
Philosophie.
Theologie.
Contingency (Philosophy)
Religion > Philosophy.

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Call Number: BD595 .R45 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials /
  • D.M. Grube and P.H.A.I. Jonkers
  • Introduction Contingency And Religion-A Philosophical Tour D'Horizon /
  • Dirk-Martin Grube
  • Chapter One. Universal Religion, Contingency, And Truth In Leibniz /
  • Frans P.M. Jespers
  • Chapter Two. Kant On Contingency In Christian Religion /
  • Donald Loose
  • Chapter Three. The Lessing/Schumann Controversy Lessing's Stance On Contingency Compared To Kant's Stance /
  • Dirk-Martin Grube
  • Chapter Four. Contingency And Salvation A Hermeneutics Of Christianity From The Perspective Of Heidegger And Thomas Aquinas /
  • Ben Vedder
  • Chapter Five. Jaspers, Existence, And Contingency On The Risk Of A Loss Of Sense For God In Modern Philosophy /
  • Joris Geldhof
  • Chapter Six. Contingent Religions, Contingent Truths? A Philosophical Analysis Of The Role Of Existential Truth In Religious Ways Of Life /
  • Peter Jonkers
  • Chapter Seven. Religious Truth, Particularity, And Incarnation A Theological Proposal For A Philosophical Hermeneutics Of Religion /
  • Lieven Boeve
  • Chapter Eight. Can We Be Sure About Contingent Religious Insights? /
  • Henk Vroom
  • Chapter Nine. Our Universe-A Contingent Cosmos? /
  • Willem B. Drees
  • Name Index /
  • D.M. Grube and P.H.A.I. Jonkers
  • About The Authors /
  • D.M. Grube and P.H.A.I. Jonkers.