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John Calvin and John Locke on the Sensus Divinitatis and Innatism
Inheritors of the Calvinist Reformed tradition have long disagreed about whether knowledge of God’s nature and existence can be or need be acquired inferentially by means of the standard arguments of natural theology. Nonetheless, they have traditionally
J. Caleb Clanton
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Genetic engineering for the environment: Ethical implications of the biotechnology revolution [PDF]
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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An interesting temporalization of Gödel's ontological proof [PDF]
Recent theologies concerning God's death after Auschwitz are mathematically formalized through a suitable temporalization of G\"{o}del's Ontological Proof.
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Does religious belief impact philosophical analysis? [PDF]
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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Panentheistic Elements in Wolfhart Pannenberg's Notion of God [PDF]
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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Two criticisms of natural theology
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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Mackie vs Plantinga on the warrant of theistic belief without arguments
My aim in this paper is to critically assess two opposing theses about the epistemology of religious belief. The first one, developed by John Mackie, claims that belief in God can be justified or warranted only if there is a good argument for the ...
Domingos Faria
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Patterns of Speciation and Extinction and the Divine Valuing of Creation [PDF]
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 conception of metaphoric process elaborated by Mary Gerhart and Allan Russell illuminates a key mechanism often involved in the most significant advances in science and religion.
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Theology and Metaphysics in Sombre, Scientific Times [PDF]
In view of the sobering findings of science, theology and to a lesser degree metaphysics is confronted with a humiliating loss, and a need for reinterpretation, of allegories and narratives which have served as guidance to the perplexed for millennia.
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