Political Philosophy and the God of AbrahamJHU Press, 29/08/2003 - 285 páginas In this book noted scholar Thomas L. Pangle brings back a lost and crucial dimension of political theory: the mutually illuminating encounter between skeptically rationalist political philosophy and faith-based political theology guided ultimately by the authority of the Bible. Focusing on the chapters of Genesis in which the foundation of the Bible is laid, Pangle provides an interpretive reading illuminated by the questions and concerns of the Socratic tradition and its medieval heirs in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic worlds. He brings into contrast the rival interpretive framework set by the biblical criticism of the modern rationalists Hobbes and Spinoza, along with their heirs from Locke to Hegel. The full meaning of these diverse philosophic responses to the Bible is clarified through a dialogue with hermeneutic discussions by leading political theologians in the Judaic, Muslim, and Christian traditions, from Josephus and Augustine to our day. Profound and subtle in its argument, this book will be of interest not only to students and scholars of politics, philosophy, and religion but also to thoughtful readers in every walk of life who seek to deepen their understanding of the perplexing relationship between religious faith and philosophic reason. |
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... reason with them in the best way possible . Al - Qur'an 16.123-25 The human being is only a reed , the most feeble in nature ; but this is a thinking reed . It isn't necessary for the entire universe to arm itself in order to crush him ...
... reason as their " only Star and compass " ( John Locke , Two Treatises of Government , 1.58 ) . As St. Au- gustine critically observes , Socrates and the philosophers who follow in his wake seek the " attainment of happiness " by ...
... reason and the evidence of the senses manifestly provide . Socrates himself went so far as to proclaim that his peculiar refutative activity had been " given him as a commandment by the god , even from prophecies and from dreams and in ...
... reason then , " Clem- ent concludes , " Plato too , in the Letters , treating of God , says : ' you ought to speak through enigmas ; that should the writing - tablet be carried by any mischance either by sea or by land or winds , he who ...
Índice
The Twofold Account of Creation and the Hermeneutical Problem | 17 |
Creation and the Meaning of Divine Omnipotence | 29 |
The Ontological Implications of the Unfolding of Creation for Creatures and Creator | 48 |
Creation and Divine Solicitude for Mankind | 58 |
Creation and the Meaning of Good and Evil | 71 |
Pollution and Purgation | 103 |
Abram from the Calling to the Covenant | 127 |
Abraham at the Peak | 152 |
Kierkegaards Challenge | 170 |
Conclusion | 180 |
Notes | 183 |
Works Cited | 263 |
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Between Athens and Jerusalem: Philosophy, Prophecy, and Politics in Leo ... David Janssens Pré-visualização limitada - 2009 |
Between Philosophy and Religion: Hermeneutics and ontology Brayton Polka Pré-visualização indisponível - 2006 |