Divine teaching and the way of the world: a defense of revealed religion
Introduction -- Part I. The way of the world I: truth -- Introductory -- Truth in the state of nature -- Socialized truth -- Experts and authorities -- Part II. The way of the world II: ethics -- Introductory -- Application -- Motivation -- Transformation -- Teleology -- Part III. Beyond the way of...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Reviews: | The Politics of (Jewish) Revelation (2014) (Cooper, Julie E.)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Revealed religion
B Religion / Truth / Ethics |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
| Further subjects: | B
Truth
Religious aspects
B Religion Philosophy B Religion and ethics B Religion Philosophy |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Introduction -- Part I. The way of the world I: truth -- Introductory -- Truth in the state of nature -- Socialized truth -- Experts and authorities -- Part II. The way of the world II: ethics -- Introductory -- Application -- Motivation -- Transformation -- Teleology -- Part III. Beyond the way of the world: worth -- Dissolving the question -- Dismissing the question -- Worth as attached to specific activities -- Worth as attached to general features of life -- Kantian accounts of worth -- Secular versus religious visions of worth -- Part IV. Divine teaching -- Models of faith: trust, orientation, receptivity -- Revelation -- Aspects of revelation I: moral teaching -- Aspects of revelation II: beauty -- Aspects of revelation III: a path -- Receiving revelation -- Multiple revelations -- Part V. Divine teaching and the way of the world -- Truth again -- Morality again -- Politics -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Proofs of God -- Appendix II: Maimonides on the evidence for revelation -- Appendix III : Kant on art and natural beauty |
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| ISBN: | 019921736X |