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Theological Predication, Doctrinal Location, and Method in Analytic Theology

Open Theology, 2017
Theological method is situated properly in relation to a range of doctrinal commitments, especially commitments located in the doctrines of God, creation, and theological anthropology.
Peterson Ryan S.
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Aristotle on Divine and Human Contemplation [PDF]

, 2020
Aristotle’s theory of human happiness in the Nicomachean Ethics explicitly depends on the claim that contemplation (theôria) is peculiar to human beings, whether it is our function or only part of it. But there is a notorious problem: Aristotle says that
Reece, Bryan
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Theōsis: A Comparative Study of T. F. Torrance and Rāmānuja [PDF]

, 2017
This essay is an imaginative conversation as I engage two religious thinkers—the prolific Reformed theologian Thomas F. Torrance (1913-2007) and the great Vedāntin Rāmānuja (traditionally, 1017–1137).
Tsoukalas, Steven
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Aristotle on Self-Sufficiency, External Goods, and Contemplation [PDF]

, 2020
Aristotle tells us that contemplation is the most self-sufficient form of virtuous activity: we can contemplate alone, and with minimal resources, while moral virtues like courage require other individuals to be courageous towards, or courageous with ...
Gasser-Wingate, Marc
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Direct comparisons between hypnosis and meditation: A mini-review

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Hypnosis and meditation share phenomenological and neurophysiological features, and their comparison is a topic of growing interest in the scientific literature.
Gabriele Penazzi, Nicola De Pisapia
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Becoming a successful scientist : strategic thinking for scientific discovery [PDF]

, 2011
Craig Loehle’s opening sentence captured my attention and set the scene for this interesting and well-constructed volume. It is challenging and pro-vocative throughout and is at its strongest when its frequent assertions initiate thoughts, contemplation,
Souter, Nicky
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IS THERE A DISTINCTIVE QUANTUM THEOLOGY?

Zygon, 2023
Quantum mechanics (QM) is a favorite area of physics to feature in “science and religion” discussions. We argue that this is at least partly because the arcane results of QM can be deployed to make big theological claims by the linguistic sleight of ...
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THE RE‐DISCOVERY OF CONTEMPLATION THROUGH SCIENCE: A RESPONSE TO TOM McLEISH

Zygon, 2021
This is a response to Tom McLeish's Boyle Lecture 2021 on the rediscovery of contemplation through science. Several implications are sketched: no single mind can encompass fully what there is to be known; we are likely to be unaware of the full range of
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Without Why: Useless Plants in Daoism and Christianity

Religions, 2019
This article focuses on three examples of religious considerations of plants, with specific attention to the uselessness of plants. Drawing on Christian and Daoist sources, the examples include the following: (1) the lilies of the field described by ...
Sam Mickey
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The Larger Conversation: Contemplation and Place by Tim Lilburn [PDF]

, 2018
Review of Tim Lilburn\u27s The Larger Conversation: Contemplation and ...
Shaw, Emory
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