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ABSTRACT Evolution acceptance is lower among religious than nonreligious individuals. One potential factor involves how Judeo‐Christian individuals interpret the Bible. We administered a nationwide survey to investigate the relationship between religiosity, biblical interpretation, and evolution acceptance.
Grant Rousseau +5 more
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This paper offers a critical reading of Étienne Gilson’s Introduction to the Study of St. Augustine in order to show how the author’s ideological and methodological presuppositions may have had an impact on the object of his study.
Jérôme Lagouanère
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Was Descartes responsible for the problem of other minds?
Abstract It is customary to present René Descartes as the initiator of the problem of other minds in modern philosophy. Briefly, the other minds problem is this. (1) Our acquaintance with thinking relies on inner observation or introspection. (2) In contrast, our observations of others can only access their body surfaces and behaviour.
Olli Lagerspetz
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The Radical Desire for Life. From Immanence in Michel Henry to Alterity in Saint Augutine
The principal purpose of this text is to show that Michel Henry’s radicalization of phenomenology conduces to a problematic interpretation of the world and human desire, and to proposea solution to the problem from the philosophy of Augustine of Hippo ...
Diego I. Rosales Meana
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Marrying the Unbeliever: Gender, Law, and Disparitas Cultus in Early Modern Japan*
The marriage between a Christian and a non‐Christian has been a highly discussed topic in the history of the Catholic Church and canon law. This study aims to analyse the construction of knowledge concerning disparitas cultus by using a broad array of sources including moral theology, canon law, and missionaries' cases that circulated in different ...
Luisa Stella de Oliveira Coutinho Silva
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“Crossing” can be described as a displacement between two points, characterized by a starting point, a path and a point of arrival. In addition to the geographical, exterior voyage, crossing is a metaphor for the wandering heart in via , an inner journey.
D. Lin
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'Flattening' in Latin biblical citations [PDF]
A paper presented at the International Patristics Conference in Oxford, August 2007. It investigates the alterations to biblical citations made by Church Fathers consistent with their quoting from memory, and identifies features typical of "flattening ...
Houghton, H.A.G.
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Pursuing Pankalia: The Aesthetic Theodicy of St. Augustine [PDF]
This chapter summarizes Augustine’s often-neglected aesthetic theodicy that balances his metaphysical definitions of evil and human agency against the ultimately beautiful story Augustine sees God, as the author of all Creation, writing. First, Augustine’
Holdier, A. G.
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Bishop Torhthelm’s letter to Boniface
In c.738, St Boniface distributed a circular letter to a broad audience of ecclesiastics in England. One response to that letter survives, written by Torhthelm, bishop of the Middle Angles (737–64). The letter is written in an allusive style and borrows heavily from its main source, Pope Vitalian’s letter to Oswiu, king of Northumbria.
Peter Darby
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The Vices of Modernity: A Reply to ‘A Barthian Critique of Schleiermacher's Doctrine of God’
Abstract There is a longstanding critique of Schleiermacher's theology which claims that, due to his account of the divine attributes, we cannot truly speak about God, but only about ourselves. This essay aims to refute this charge – often couched in charges of ‘subjectivism’ or ‘nominalism’ – by direct engagement with a recent and clear articulation ...
Daniel J. Pedersen
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