Faith as Evidential Venture: A Comparison of John Bishop and John Schellenberg's Views on Faith [PDF]
One of the significant issues in religious epistemology is how to describe and justify faith. In religious epistemology, various descriptive and justifying models of faith have been proposed, one of which is faith as an “evidential venture.” In this view,
Karim Karami, Seyed Amir Akrami
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The Coceivability of a Disembodied Personal Life Beyond Death Based on David Lund’s Views [PDF]
As science focuses exclusively on the physical, it seems to assume that the brain has a key role in the origin if not also the constitution of our consciousness; and thus the destruction of the brain, the nervous system, and the body makes it pointless ...
Zainab Amiri +2 more
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Reflections on the Argument for the Existence of God in Pre-Critical Period of Kant's Thought [PDF]
According to the critical Kant, the idea of God is a transcendental idea of pure reason, i.e., theoretical reason cannot, after considering its limitations, make an argument against or for it.
Morteza Rohani Ravari +3 more
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A Critical Assessment of Positivity Theory of Faith [PDF]
This paper offers a differentiated assessment of two major challenges to positivity theories of faith: the internal critique advanced by Malcolm and Scott against desire-based (DES) accounts, and the external axiological critique concerning the value of ...
Mahbobeh Pakdel, Abbas Yazdani
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A Consideration of William Hasker's Open Theism Solution to Theological Fatalism [PDF]
William Hasker is one of the most important figures of open theism. The main characteristic of open theism is the denial of the divine foreknowledge to free actions in the future.
Fatemeh Ghalkhanbaz +2 more
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Fostering Social Cohesion through Kwame Nkrumah’s Philosophical Consciencism: The South African Case
Since apartheid was formally abolished in 1994, South Africa has had a complicated social environment. Even though the end of apartheid was a great achievement, this country is now facing a number of societal issues that affect social cohesiveness. These
Ntobeko SHOZI +2 more
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The Consequences of Wittgenstein's Later Views for Religion and Religious Belief [PDF]
This article concentrates on the later Wittgenstein. The main problem is how we can apply his later philosophical thought to religion and religious belief.
Nawab Mogharebi, Amirabbas Alizamani
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Evaluating Rudolf Bultmann’s Eschatology in Christian Theology [PDF]
After the outbreak of the two world wars and the creation of the Nazi state in Germany in the twentieth century, Christians could no longer hope for the fulfillment of Christian hope here on earth.
Mohammadreza Bayat, Saman Mehdever
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Male circumcision has long been associated with religious or cultural rituals which bestow culturally valuable status. In some communities, circumcision is believed to provide concomitant access to economic and spiritual resources such as land and the ...
Onias Matumbu, Vengesai Chimininge
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A Study Regarding Confronting the Pain of Existential Loneliness in Irvin Yalom’s Ideas and the Mystical Pain of Separation in Molavi’s View [PDF]
Irvin Yalom believes that loneliness is an existential boundary and pain which is inseparable from a human being. He comes into this world alone, leaves it alone and he alone is responsible for creating his own character; not only does he have no helper ...
Amir Abbas Ali Zamani, Habib Mazaheri
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