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Does religious belief impact philosophical analysis? [PDF]
, 2016 One popular conception of natural theology holds that certain purely rational arguments are insulated from empirical inquiry and independently establish conclusions that provide evidence, justification, or proof of God’s existence.
Tobia, Kevin P.
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Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
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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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Patterns of Speciation and Extinction and the Divine Valuing of Creation [PDF]
, 2012 The near-universal concern over the current rate of species extinction must be contextualized, given the occurrence ofprevious mass extinctions during the course of Earth\'s natural history.
Bouma, Rolf
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The Deconversion of Harriet Martineau: An Emotional History of Unbelief
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Conceptualising the ‘Victorian crisis of faith’ as a phenomenon fuelled by wider intellectual forces can only take us so far in our understanding of it. The loss of faith of many contemporaries did not merely entail an intellectual volte‐face, but also an affective impact. Scholarly accounts have been primarily written by privileging the role of ideas,
PETROS SPANOU
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Genetic engineering for the environment: Ethical implications of the biotechnology revolution [PDF]
, 1995 This is a PDF version of an article published in Heythrop Journal© 1995. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com.This article discusses the environmental consequences of genetic engineering for agricultural purposes within a ...
Deane-Drummond, Celia
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.Abstract The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
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Two criticisms of natural theology
Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce, 2014 The article aims at considering two general criticisms often formulated against the natural theology. First criticism is based on the thesis that the conclusions of the natural theology are not adequate with the religious beliefs of non-philosophers.
Błażej Gębura
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Alfred Russel Wallace’s Intelligent Evolution and Natural Theology
Religions, 2020 Alfred Russel Wallace’s conception of evolution and its relation to natural theology is examined. That conception is described as intelligent evolution—directed, detectably designed, and purposeful common descent.
Michael A. Flannery
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Panentheistic Elements in Wolfhart Pannenberg's Notion of God [PDF]
, 2017 In his exposition, Pannenberg dialectically explores the possibility of a redefinition of the notion of God and rejects the anthropomorphic analogies and the Greek understanding of God as nous in order to emphasize the idea of God as Spirit and thus ...
Isaias, D'Oleo Ochoa
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