God and the Self: Three Types of Philosophy of ReligionThis 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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Preface | 7 |
The Monistic Type | 36 |
The Individualistic Type | 88 |
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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 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 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 second type sense structure superpattern Systematic Theology T. F. Torrance temporal terpretation theory Tillich tion tradition transcends triadic relation truth unity vidual
