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William Whewell, natural theology and the philosophy of science in mid nineteenth century Britain
, 1979 This article aims to reveal the moral and theological dimensions of William Whewell’s philosophy of science. It suggests that, in addition to an internalist account of Whewell’s method and epistemology, there is a need to view his philosophy of science ...
Yeo, R, Richard Yeo
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Valorizing Erasure: Imperial Knowledge Production in Anglo‐American Coverage of Chad's ‘Toyota War’
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How does imperial knowledge production operate when Western media coverage of a Global South subject is predominantly admiring instead of hostile? This article addresses that question through critical discourse analysis of sixty‐three Anglo‐American news articles covering the Chad‐Libya conflict of the 1980s, the ‘Toyota War’.
Harmata Aboubakar
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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The natural theology of Jacques Abbadie
Studia ParadyskieJacques Abbadie (c. 1654–1727), a French Huguenot theologian, was a respected preacher and author who combined religious conviction with intellectual rigor, particularly in his efforts to reconcile reason and faith during a period of rapid scientific and
Adam Drozdek
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The Debate Concerning Creation in Relation to Ecology
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2006 The subject of creation was neglected in theological debate for a long time. Only about 35 years ago, when the so-called ecological crisis manifested itself, creation began to appear in the center of theological interest.
Sławomir Śledziewski
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American Ethnologist, EarlyView.Abstract An anthropology of horror can serve as a vernacular critique of financial speculation. Drawing on fieldwork in San Pedro, Paraguay, I track horror across three registers: pombero tricksters; plata yvyguy (buried money) as a founding myth of postwar finance; and obligations binding sesame farmers to monsters, patrones, and creditors.
Caroline E. Schuster
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An Inquiry on Ancient Natural Theology: The Milesians
Milel ve NihalNatural theology is a branch of philosophy that employs empirical and logical methods to gain insight into the nature of God and His attributes. The fundamental structure of natural theology is derived from the tenets of religion
Adem İrmak
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Breathing in Plants and Chaos—Cosmic Tree Events in Cameroon and Beyond
Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Contemporary practices of tapping into the wisdom of ancestral trees are described through three entangled recent events lived within the context of Bantu practices in Cameroon. In the three instances, the steered or chance encounters with high potency trees were serendipitous telling moments which brought something new to the horizon.
Julie Laplante +3 more
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Zygon, 2000 This paper investigates the relationship between theology and the natural sciences by considering four realist and five nonrealist interpretations of theological understanding.
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On Not Taking the World for Granted: E. L. Mascall on The Five Ways
Studia Gilsoniana, 2019 Considered one of the leading proponents of natural theology in the 20th century, E. L. Mascall (1905–1993) taught philosophy and theology at King’s College London for most of his career.
William Haggerty
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