Comparing Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' positions regarding human knowledge, this volumes talks about God and the nature of the creative action and the beginning of the universe. The overall argument of the book is that their conception of theological language plays an importan…
"Comparing Avicenna's and Thomas Aquinas' positions regarding human knowledge, this volume talks about God and the nature of the creative action and the beginning of the universe. The overall argument of the book is that their conception of theological language plays an importan…
"The principal philosophical arguments on the existence of God are brought together here. From the ancient Greeks and Anselm to the present-day and Bertrand Russell, both sides are represented. First come the contributions of Western philosophers to the five arguments traditiona…
The essence of the argument is that it is still possible for someone who accepts modern progress and knowledge to decide to trust in God with a faith which, although it transcends reason, does not deny it. The roots of this decision lie in the realities of life, and for the Chri…
The essence of the argument is that it is still possible for someone who accepts modern progress and knowledge to decide to trust in God with a faith which, although it transcends reason, does not deny it. The roots of this decision lie in the realities of life, and for the Chri…
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal…
A nuanced exploration of the part that religion plays in human life, drawing on the insights of the past in order to build a faith that speaks to the needs of our dangerously polarized age.?Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths…
Moving from the Paleolithic age to the present, Karen Armstrong details the great lengths to which humankind has gone in order to experience a sacred reality. While noting that the changing face of the world has necessarily changed the importance of religion at both the societal…
