Religions Challenged by Contingency : Theological and Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of Contingency.

By: Grube, Dirk-MartinContributor(s): Jonkers, PeterMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Theology and Religion SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047433583Subject(s): Contingency (Philosophy) | Religion -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religions Challenged by Contingency : Theological and Philosophical Approaches to the Problem of ContingencyDDC classification: 210 LOC classification: BD595 -- .R45 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Preface -- Introduction Contingency and Religion-A Philosophical Tour d'Horizon (Dirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht University)) -- PART I HISTORICAL CASE-STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter One Universal Religion, Contingency, and Truth in Leibniz (Frans P.M. Jespers (Radboud University Nijmegen)) -- Chapter Two Kant on Contingency in Christian Religion (Donald Loose (Tilburg University)) -- Chapter Three The Lessing/Schumann Controversy. Lessing's Stance on Contingency Compared to Kant's Stance (Dirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht University)) -- PART II HISTORICAL CASE-STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: MODERN PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter Four Contingency and Salvation. A Hermeneutics of Christianity from the Perspective of Heidegger and Thomas Aquinas (Ben Vedder (Radboud University Nijmegen)) -- Chapter Five Jaspers, Existence, and Contingency. On the Risk of a Loss of Sense for God in Modern Philosophy (Joris Geldhof (Catholic University of Leuven)) -- PART III RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES -- Chapter Six Contingent Religions, Contingent Truths?. A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of Existential Truth in Religious Ways of Life (Peter Jonkers (Tilburg University)) -- Chapter Seven Religious Truth, Particularity, and Incarnation. A Theological Proposal for a Philosophical Hermeneutics of Religion (Lieven Boeve (Catholic University of Leuven)) -- Chapter Eight Can We Be Sure About Contingent Religious Insights? (Henk Vroom (VU - University Amsterdam)) -- Chapter Nine Our Universe-A Contingent Cosmos? (Willem B. Drees (Leiden University)) -- Name Index -- About the Authors.
Summary: The relationship between religion and contingency is investigated historically and systematically. Its historical part comprises analyses of important philosophers' interpretation of this relationship, viz. that of Leibniz, Kant, Lessing, Jaspers, and Heidegger. Its systematic part analyses how this relationship should be currently (re-)interpreted.
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Intro -- Preface -- Introduction Contingency and Religion-A Philosophical Tour d'Horizon (Dirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht University)) -- PART I HISTORICAL CASE-STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter One Universal Religion, Contingency, and Truth in Leibniz (Frans P.M. Jespers (Radboud University Nijmegen)) -- Chapter Two Kant on Contingency in Christian Religion (Donald Loose (Tilburg University)) -- Chapter Three The Lessing/Schumann Controversy. Lessing's Stance on Contingency Compared to Kant's Stance (Dirk-Martin Grube (Utrecht University)) -- PART II HISTORICAL CASE-STUDIES IN RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: MODERN PHILOSOPHY -- Chapter Four Contingency and Salvation. A Hermeneutics of Christianity from the Perspective of Heidegger and Thomas Aquinas (Ben Vedder (Radboud University Nijmegen)) -- Chapter Five Jaspers, Existence, and Contingency. On the Risk of a Loss of Sense for God in Modern Philosophy (Joris Geldhof (Catholic University of Leuven)) -- PART III RELIGION AND CONTINGENCY: SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES -- Chapter Six Contingent Religions, Contingent Truths?. A Philosophical Analysis of the Role of Existential Truth in Religious Ways of Life (Peter Jonkers (Tilburg University)) -- Chapter Seven Religious Truth, Particularity, and Incarnation. A Theological Proposal for a Philosophical Hermeneutics of Religion (Lieven Boeve (Catholic University of Leuven)) -- Chapter Eight Can We Be Sure About Contingent Religious Insights? (Henk Vroom (VU - University Amsterdam)) -- Chapter Nine Our Universe-A Contingent Cosmos? (Willem B. Drees (Leiden University)) -- Name Index -- About the Authors.

The relationship between religion and contingency is investigated historically and systematically. Its historical part comprises analyses of important philosophers' interpretation of this relationship, viz. that of Leibniz, Kant, Lessing, Jaspers, and Heidegger. Its systematic part analyses how this relationship should be currently (re-)interpreted.

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