Perceiving God
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Perceiving God
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Author : William P. Alston
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-01-24
Perceiving God written by William P. Alston and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-24 with Philosophy categories.
In this clear and provocative account of the epistemology of religious experience, William P. Alston argues that the perception of God—his term for direct experiential awareness of God—makes a major contribution to the grounds of religious belief. Surveying the variety of reported direct experiences of God, Alston demonstrates that a person can be justified in holding certain beliefs about God on the basis of mystical experience.
World Views And Perceiving God
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Author : Joseph Runzo
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1994-01-12
World Views And Perceiving God written by Joseph Runzo and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-12 with Philosophy categories.
This collection of essays presents a systematic analysis of some of the foremost issues in the philosophy of religion. The focus is on the epistemology of religion, the most significant area of recent interest in the field. After developing a religious epistemology in the first half of the book, that epistemology is both further expanded, and explicitly applied to salient issues in the contemporary discussion. The central question throughout the essays is how our world-views affect our perception, especially our perception of God. The first essays set out a general epistemology of perception. The next two sets of essays build upon this in assessing the cognitive value of religious experience, and analyzing the proper epistemic foundations for belief in God. Then, in view of the role of faith developed in those essays, the final essays address the dual challenges to traditional theism of theological non-realism and of religious pluralism.
The Spiritual Senses
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Author : Paul L. Gavrilyuk
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-11-10
The Spiritual Senses written by Paul L. Gavrilyuk and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-10 with Religion categories.
Is it possible to see, hear, touch, smell and taste God? How do we understand the biblical promise that the 'pure in heart' will 'see God'? Christian thinkers as diverse as Origen of Alexandria, Bonaventure, Jonathan Edwards and Hans Urs von Balthasar have all approached these questions in distinctive ways by appealing to the concept of the 'spiritual senses'. In focusing on the Christian tradition of the 'spiritual senses', this book discusses how these senses relate to the physical senses and the body, and analyzes their relationship to mind, heart, emotions, will, desire and judgement. The contributors illuminate the different ways in which classic Christian authors have treated this topic, and indicate the epistemological and spiritual import of these understandings. The concept of the 'spiritual senses' is thereby importantly recovered for contemporary theological anthropology and philosophy of religion.
Perceiving Things Divine
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Author : Frederick D. Aquino
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022
Perceiving Things Divine written by Frederick D. Aquino and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Philosophy categories.
Sensory language is commonly used to describe human encounters with the divine. Scripture, for example, employs perceptual language like 'taste and see that the Lord is good', 'hear the word of the Lord', and promises that 'the pure in heart will see God'. Such statements seem to point to certain features of human cognition that make perception-like contact with divine things possible. But how precisely should these statements be construed? Can the elusive notion of 'spiritual perception' survive rigorous theological and philosophical scrutiny and receive a constructive articulation? Perceiving Things Divine seeks to make philosophical and theological sense of spiritual perception. Reflecting the results of the second phase of the Spiritual Perception Project, this volume argues for the possibility of spiritual perception. It also seeks to make progress towards a constructive account of the different aspects of spiritual perception while exploring its intersection with various theological and philosophical themes, such as biblical interpretation, aesthetics, liturgy, race, ecology, eschatology, and the hiddenness of God. The interdisciplinary scope of the volume draws on the resources of value theory, philosophy of perception, epistemology, philosophy of art, psychology, systematic theology, and theological aesthetics. The volume also draws attention to how spiritual perception may be affected by such distortions as pornographic sensibility and racial prejudice. Since perceiving spiritually involves the whole person, the volume proposes that spiritual perception could be purified by ascetic discipline, healed by contemplative practices, trained in the process of spiritual direction and the pursuit of virtue, transformed by the immersion in the sacramental life, and healed by opening the self to the operation of divine grace.
The Reliability Of Sense Perception
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Author : William P. Alston
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-07-05
The Reliability Of Sense Perception written by William P. Alston and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-05 with Philosophy categories.
Why suppose that sense perception is an accurate source of information about the physical environment? More generally, is it possible to demonstrate that our basic ways of forming beliefs are reliable? In this book, a leading analytic philosopher confronts this classic problem through detailed investigation of sense perception, the source of beliefs in which we place the most confidence. Carefully assessing the available arguments, William P. Alston concludes that it is not possible to show in any noncircular way that sense perception is a reliable source of beliefs. Alston thoroughly examines the main arguments that have been advanced for the reliability of sense perception, including arguments from the various kinds of success we achieve by relying on the sense perception, arguments that some features of our sense experience are best explained by supposing that it is an accurate guide, and arguments that there is something conceptually incoherent about the idea that sense perception is not reliable. He concludes that all of these arguments that are not disqualified in other ways are epistemically circular, for they use premises based upon the very source in question. Alston then suggest that the most appropriate response to the impossibility of showing that our basic sources of beliefs are reliable is an appeal to the practical rationality of engaging in certain socially established belief-forming practices. The Reliability of Sense Perception will be welcome by epistemologists, cognitive scientists, and philosophers of science.
The Epistemology Of Religious Experience
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Author : Keith E. Yandell
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-11-25
The Epistemology Of Religious Experience written by Keith E. Yandell and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11-25 with Philosophy categories.
Arguing against the notion that religious experience is ineffable, while advocating the view that it can provide evidence of God's existence, this text contends that social science and nonreligious explanations of religious belief and experience do not cancel out the force of the experience.
The Problem Of Perception And The Experience Of God
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Author : Sameer Yadav
language : en
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Release Date : 2015
The Problem Of Perception And The Experience Of God written by Sameer Yadav and has been published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Religion categories.
A fundamental problem in Christian theology has been that of determining whether God can be an object of experience and how we should account for God's empirical availability to us. This study concludes with a new reading of Gregory of Nyssa and his theology of the spiritual senses, which is free from the bewitchment of the problem of perception.
Perceiving The Wheel Of God
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Author : Mark Hanby
language : en
Publisher: Destiny Image Incorporated
Release Date : 1994-03
Perceiving The Wheel Of God written by Mark Hanby and has been published by Destiny Image Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03 with God categories.
On the potter's wheel, a lump of clay yields to a necessary process of careful pressure and constant twisting. Similarly, the form of true faith is shaped by a trusting response to the hand of God in a suffering situation. This book offers essential understanding for victory through the struggles of life.
Perceiving God In The Lawfulness Of Nature Scientific And Religious Reflections
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Author : Philip Clayton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Perceiving God In The Lawfulness Of Nature Scientific And Religious Reflections written by Philip Clayton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Religion and science categories.
Being Us
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Author : Lewis Randa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-04-05
Being Us written by Lewis Randa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-04-05 with Self-Help categories.
One man's journey to make sense of a senseless tragedy.