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Reason and the Heart

A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason

By: William J. Wainwright

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Reason and the Heart

A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason

By: William J. Wainwright

Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.The idea of passional reason, so rarely discussed today, once dominated religious reflection, and Wainwright pursues it through the writings of three of its past proponents: Jonathan Edwards, John Henry Newman, and William James. He focuses on Edwards, whose work typifies the Christian perspective on religious reasoning and the heart. Then, in his discussion of Newman and James, Wainwright shows how the emotions participate in non-religious reasoning. Finally he takes up the challenges most often posed to notions of passional reason: that such views justify irrationality and wishful thinking, that they can't be defended without circularity, and that they lead to relativism. His response to these charges culminates in an eloquent and persuasive defense of the claim that reason functions best when influenced by the appropriate emotions, feelings, and intuitions.

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Cornell University Press

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1501717324

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God is a Communicative Being

Divine Communicativeness and Harmony in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards

By: William M. Schweitzer

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God is a Communicative Being

Divine Communicativeness and Harmony in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards

By: William M. Schweitzer

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A&C Black

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0567195228

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9780567195227

Monotheism and Hope in God

By: William J. Wainwright

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Monotheism and Hope in God

By: William J. Wainwright

This Element examines aspects of monotheism and hope. Distinguishing monotheism from various forms of nontheistic religions, it explores how God transcends the terms used to describe the religious ultimate. The discussion then turns to the nature of hope and examines how the concept has been used by Augustine, Aquinas, Kierkegaard, and Moltmann, among others. The Christian tradition to which these monotheists belong associates hope and faith with love. In the final section, Wainwright shows the varieties of this kind of love in Islam, Christianity, and theistic Hinduism, and defends the sort of love valorized by them against some charges against it. He examines why the loves prized in these traditions are imperfect because their adherents invariably believe that the love that they cherish is superior to that cherished by others.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108786960

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William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion

Selected Writings

By: William L. Rowe,Nick Trakakis

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William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion

Selected Writings

By: William L. Rowe,Nick Trakakis

William Rowe is one of the leading thinkers in contemporary philosophy of religion. Although he is best known for his contributions to the problem of evil, he has produced innovative and influential work across a wide array of subjects at the interface between philosophy and religion. He has, for example, written extensively on the existentialist theologian, Paul Tillich, on the challenging problem of divine freedom, and on the traditional arguments in support of the existence of God. His work in these areas is distinguished by its clarity, rigour, originality, and sensitivity towards the claims of his theistic opponents. Indeed, Rowe's work has played a pivotal role in the remarkable revival of analytic philosophy of religion since the 1970s. The present collection brings together for the first time Rowe's most significant contributions to the philosophy of religion. This diverse but representative selection of Rowe's writings will provide students, professional scholars as well as general readers with stimulating and accessible discussions on such topics as the philosophical theology of Paul Tillich, the problem of evil, divine freedom, arguments for the existence of God, religious experience, life after death, and religious pluralism.

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451

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Routledge

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135187280X

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Religion and Morality

By: William J. Wainwright

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Religion and Morality

By: William J. Wainwright

Religion and Morality addresses central issues arising from religion's relation to morality. Part I offers a sympathetic but critical appraisal of the claim that features of morality provide evidence for the truth of religious belief. Part II examines divine command theories, objections to them, and positive arguments in their support. Part III explores tensions between human morality, as ordinarily understood, and religious requirements by discussing such issues as the conflict between Buddhist and Christian pacifism and requirements of justice, whether 'virtue' without a love of God is really a vice, whether the God of the Abrahamic religions could require us to do something that seems clearly immoral, and the ambiguous relations between religious mysticism and moral behavior. Covering a broad range of topics, this book draws on both historical and contemporary literature, and explores afresh central issues of morality and religion offering new insights for students, academics and the general reader interested in philosophy and religion.

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1351905058

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Reason, Revelation, and Devotion

By: William J. Wainwright

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Reason, Revelation, and Devotion

By: William J. Wainwright

The book presents a novel defense of the beneficial epistemic effect that extra logical features can have on the assessment of religious arguments.

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1107062403

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Reason and the Heart

A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason

By: William J. Wainwright

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A Prolegomenon to a Critique of Passional Reason

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Cornell University Press

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Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology

From the Fathers to Feminism

By: William James Abraham

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Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology

From the Fathers to Feminism

By: William James Abraham

This is a study of canon in the Christian tradition. Standard accounts locate the canonical heritage of the church within epistemology. The author explores the consquences of this move, from the Fathers to modern feminist theology.

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528

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199250030

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Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM

Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space

By: William A. Reiners,Kenneth L. Driese

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Propagation of Ecological Influences Through Environmental Space

By: William A. Reiners,Kenneth L. Driese

A conceptual framework for the study and understanding of the propagation of ecological influences in nature.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521800498

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9780521800495

Corridor Ecology, Second Edition

Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation

By: Jodi A. Hilty,Annika T.H. Keeley,William Z. Lidicker Jr.,Adina M. Merenlender

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Corridor Ecology, Second Edition

Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation

By: Jodi A. Hilty,Annika T.H. Keeley,William Z. Lidicker Jr.,Adina M. Merenlender

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller patches of habitat, they must compete more aggressively for dwindling food resources and territory. This is more than just an unfortunate side effect of human progress. As key species populations dwindle, ecosystems are losing resilience and face collapse, and along with them, the ecosystem services we depend on. Healthy ecosystems need healthy wildlife populations. One possible answer? Wildlife corridors that connect fragmented landscapes. This new and expanded second edition of Corridor Ecology: Linking Landscapes for Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Adaptation captures the many advances in the field over the past ten years. It builds on concepts presented in the first edition on the importance and practical details of maintaining and restoring land connectivity. New to this edition is a guest-edited chapter on ecological connectivity in oceans, including a detailed discussion on pelagic marine corridors and how coastal corridors can provide critical connectivity between marine protected areas. Another new chapter considers the effects of climate change on habitat and offers recommendations on designing effective corridors as landscapes change with shifting climate conditions. The book also includes a discussion of corridors in the air for migrating flying species, from birds to bats, butterflies, and even plant propagules—a concept so new that a term to describe it has yet to be coined. All chapters are thoroughly revised and updated. Practitioners as well as serious scholars of landscape ecology and the science of protecting biodiversity will find this new edition of corridor ecology science an indispensable resource.

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370

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Island Press

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1610919513

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9781610919517

The Evidential Argument from Evil

By: William L. Rowe,Paul Draper,Richard Swinburne,Eleonore Stump,Alvin Plantinga,William P. Alston,Stephen J. Wykstra,Peter van Inwagen,Bruce Russell,Richard M. Gale

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The Evidential Argument from Evil

By: William L. Rowe,Paul Draper,Richard Swinburne,Eleonore Stump,Alvin Plantinga,William P. Alston,Stephen J. Wykstra,Peter van Inwagen,Bruce Russell,Richard M. Gale

Is evil evidence against the existence of God? A collection of essays by philosophers, theologians, and other scholars. Even if God and evil are compatible, it remains hotly contested whether evil renders belief in God unreasonable. The Evidential Argument from Evil presents five classic statements on this issue by eminent philosophers and theologians, and places them in dialogue with eleven original essays reflecting new thinking by these and other scholars. The volume focuses on two versions of the argument. The first affirms that there is no reason for God to permit either certain specific horrors or the variety and profusion of undeserved suffering. The second asserts that pleasure and pain, given their biological role, are better explained by hypotheses other than theism. Contributors include William P. Alston, Paul Draper, Richard M. Gale, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Bruce Russell, Eleonore Stump, Richard G. Swinburne, Peter van Inwagen, and Stephen John Wykstra.

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380

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Indiana University Press

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0253114098

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9780253114099

Labouring Muses

By: William J. Christmas

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Labouring Muses

By: William J. Christmas

The Lab'ring Muses' is the first study to bring together a wide range of verse published by laboring-class authors between 1730 and 1830. The book examines a total of sixteen case studies that establish a specifically English tradition of laboring-class poetics.

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University of Delaware Press

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0874137470

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9780874137477

Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation

By: William j. Abraham

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Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation

By: William j. Abraham

The last few decades have seen a revolution in debates about the rationality of Christian belief. Among the array of current options for justifying religious belief, however, nearly every one assumes that a general theory of knowing and a minimal version of theism must be adopted before the rationality of Christian belief can be tackled. In Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation William J. Abraham confronts both of these assumptions, arguing that epistemology must begin with its particular target of inquiry in Abraham s case the full-blooded canonical theism of the early, undivided Christian church. He argues, moreover, that special divine revelation forms a crucial threshold at the entrance to the epistemology of Christian belief. Sure to intrigue philosophers, theologians, and curious students, Abraham s robust vision of Christian faith provides a creative solution to many of the current difficulties in philosophy and theology.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802829589

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9780802829580

The Trinitarian Ethics of Jonathan Edwards

By: William J. Danaher

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The Trinitarian Ethics of Jonathan Edwards

By: William J. Danaher

Examining the theological ethics of Jonathan Edwards, William Danaher Jr. shows that Edwards's doctrine of the Trinity both was foundational to Edwards's thought and is the necessary framework for understanding the theological and moral vision expressed in his writings. This Trinitarian interpretation identifies what distinctive contribution Edwards makes to contemporary Christian ethics, particularly concerning the nature of virtue, the will, sin, evil, and love. The Columbia Series in Reformed Theology represents a joint commitment by Columbia Theological Seminary and Westminster John Knox Press to provide theological resources from the Reformed tradition for the church today. This series examines theological and ethical issues that confront church and society in our own particular time and place.

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348

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Westminster John Knox Press

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0664227376

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9780664227371

Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion

By: William Wood

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Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion

By: William Wood

Analytic theology can flourish in the secular academy, and flourish as authentically Christian theology. Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion explains analytic theology to other theologians and scholars of religion, while simultaneously explaining those other fields to analytic theologians. William Wood defends analytic theology from some common criticisms, but also argues that analytic theologians have much to learn from other forms of inquiry. Analytic theology is a legitimate form of theology, and a legitimate form of academic inquiry, and it can be a valuable conversation partner within the wider religious studies academy. Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion articulates an attractive vision of analytic theology, fosters a more fruitful inter-disciplinary conversation, and enables scholars across the religious studies academy to understand one another better.

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Oxford University Press

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019108543X

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Book's by William J. Wainwright

Reason and the Heart

Reason and the Heart

God is a Communicative Being

God is a Communicative Being

Monotheism and Hope in God

Monotheism and Hope in God

William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion

William L. Rowe on Philosophy of Religion

Religion and Morality

Religion and Morality

Reason, Revelation, and Devotion

Reason, Revelation, and Devotion

Reason and the Heart

Reason and the Heart

Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology

Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology

Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM

Transport Processes in Nature Hardback with CD-ROM

Corridor Ecology, Second Edition

Corridor Ecology, Second Edition

The Evidential Argument from Evil

The Evidential Argument from Evil

Labouring Muses

Labouring Muses

Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation

Crossing the Threshold of Divine Revelation

The Trinitarian Ethics of Jonathan Edwards

The Trinitarian Ethics of Jonathan Edwards

Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion

Analytic Theology and the Academic Study of Religion

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