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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... thought . Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed 1.2 So We commanded you to follow The way of Abraham the upright ; Call them to the path , And reason with them in the best way possible . Al - Qur'an 16.123-25 The human being is only a reed ...
... thought of the Nature and Being of the One God , they were fain , in their outward Professions and Worship , to go with the Herd , and keep to the Religion established by Law.9 The role assigned here to revelation implies that the ...
... thought proper only for a few , who had much Leisure , improved Understandings , and were used to abstract Reasonings . But the Instruction of the People were best still to be left to the Precepts and Principles of the Gospel . 10 It is ...
... and meditative thought , and for the sake of authentic self - understanding , we must break out of this cultural amusement park that more or less benevolently confines us like etiolated adolescents . If we are II Introduction.
... thought , from the apparently successful modern cultural revolution . We are embarking , one might say , on a theologico - political investigation that proceeds di- rectly against the current set in motion by the project of the ...
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 |