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An interpretation of religion : human responses to the transcendent / John Hick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 448 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781403944450 (pbk.) :
  • 9781403944450 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200
LOC classification:
  • BL48 .H45 2004
Contents:
1.Introduction -- Part one.Phenomenological -- 2.The soteriological character of post-axial religion -- 3.Salvation/liberation as human transformation -- 4.The cosmic optimistic of post-axial religion -- Part two.The religious ambiguity of the universe -- 5.Ontological, cosmological and design arguments -- 6.Morality, religious experience and overall probability -- 7.The naturalistic option -- Part three.Epistemological -- 8.Natural meaning and experience -- 9.Ethical and aesthetic meaning and experience -- 10.Religious meaning and experience -- 11.Religion and reality -- 12.Contemporary non-realist religion -- 13.The rationality of religious belief -- Part four. Religious pluralism -- 14.The pluralistic hypothesis -- 15.The Personae of the real -- 16.The impersonae of the real -- Part five. Criteriolgical -- 17.Soteriology and ethics -- 18.The ethical criterion -- 19.Myth, mystery and the unanswered questions -- 20.The problem of conflicting truth-claims -- Epilogue: the future.
Summary: Based on the author's Gifford Lectures, this volume treats the principle topics in the philosophy of religion, offering both a basis for religious affirmation & a framework for developing inter-faith dialogue. This new edition includes a response to critical issues raised since 1989.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 200 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 222320

Previous ed.: New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

1.Introduction -- Part one.Phenomenological -- 2.The soteriological character of post-axial religion -- 3.Salvation/liberation as human transformation -- 4.The cosmic optimistic of post-axial religion -- Part two.The religious ambiguity of the universe -- 5.Ontological, cosmological and design arguments -- 6.Morality, religious experience and overall probability -- 7.The naturalistic option -- Part three.Epistemological -- 8.Natural meaning and experience -- 9.Ethical and aesthetic meaning and experience -- 10.Religious meaning and experience -- 11.Religion and reality -- 12.Contemporary non-realist religion -- 13.The rationality of religious belief -- Part four. Religious pluralism -- 14.The pluralistic hypothesis -- 15.The Personae of the real -- 16.The impersonae of the real -- Part five. Criteriolgical -- 17.Soteriology and ethics -- 18.The ethical criterion -- 19.Myth, mystery and the unanswered questions -- 20.The problem of conflicting truth-claims -- Epilogue: the future.

Based on the author's Gifford Lectures, this volume treats the principle topics in the philosophy of religion, offering both a basis for religious affirmation & a framework for developing inter-faith dialogue. This new edition includes a response to critical issues raised since 1989.

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