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Are You There, God? It’s Me, the Theist: On the Viability and Virtue of Non-Doxastic Prayer [PDF]
In this article, I explore the possibility of what I call “non-doxastic theistic prayer”, namely prayer that proceeds without full belief in God – or in the kind of God who could be the recipient of such prayer.
Griffioen, Amber
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Analytic Theology, Model Pluralism, and Progress
Abstract In recent discussions of methodology in analytic theology, attention has been paid to the use of model‐building—providing simplified accounts of doctrines, or clusters of doctrines, that merely approximate to the truth of the matter—as a practice that enables analytic theologians to carry out their work whilst respecting the mystery ...
Harvey Cawdron
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Metaphor, religious language and religious experience [PDF]
Is it possible to talk about God without either misrepresentation or failing to assert anything of significance? The article begins by reviewing how, in attempting to answer this question, traditional theories of religious language have failed to ...
Harrison, V.S.
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
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The Construction of Negative Theology in Pesantren and Madrasa in Malang, East Java
This article discusses the metaphysical construction of divinity in the Indonesian Islamic education institutions, namely madrasa and pesantren. The research has been held in Malang, East Java.
Mustari Bosra, Umiarso Umiarso
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Theology and the Secular [PDF]
Sarah Coakley’s God, Sexuality, and the Self constitutes a major intervention in the debate over the role of religion in the modern world. Coakley criticizes Christians who reject modernity altogether, arguing that Christian thought should remain in ...
Newheiser, David
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The Lord of Limits: On Trinitarian Ontology and the Tragic
Abstract The essay focuses on a dimension of the trinitarian metaphysics of Rowan Williams. It aims to articulate his understanding of the ontological implications of the Trinity, particularly in relation to his theological leitmotif of the tragic, and has a reparative focus of easing some of the tensions that may arise in such relating.
Khegan M. Delport
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Apophatic discourse and the deconstruction of language: A study of Derridean topology [PDF]
This study examines the complex link between deconstruction and negative theology, concentrating on Derridean interpretation of the apophatic tradition. Deconstruction and negative theology are sometimes seen as similar, but this research shows their key
Gorgiev Stojanović Anastasija B. +1 more
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Book Review: The Asian Jesus [PDF]
A review of The Asian Jesus by Michael ...
Locklin, Reid B.
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Abstract One of the ways in which the process of learning may occur in comparative theology is through reinterpreting the data of one religion through the philosophical framework of another. This type of learning mainly takes the form of Christian theologians reinterpreting the contents of Christian faith through Asian philosophical frameworks.
Catherine Cornille
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