Religion and Human Purpose A Cross Disciplinary Approach
The cross-disciplinary studies in this volume are of special interest because they link human purpose to the present debate between religion and the process of secularization. If that debate is to be a creative one, the notion of the 'human orderer' must be related significantly both to th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Studies in Philosophy and Religion
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- I From the Philosophical Perspective
- 1. Linguistic Philosophy and ‘The Meaning of Life’
- 2. Phenomenology of Religion and Human Purpose
- 3. The Concept of Purpose in a Naturalistic Humanist Perspective
- 4. The Recovery of Human Purpose in the Religious Life
- II From the Religious Perspective
- 5. Orthodox Judaism and Human Purpose
- 6. Liberal Judaism and the Human Purpose
- 7. Human Purposiveness in St. Thomas Aquinas
- 8. The Concept of Purpose in Reformation Thought
- 9. The Liberal Commitment to Divine Immanence
- III From the Perspective of Indian Religion
- 10. Purpose of Man in the Tradition of Indian Orthodoxy
- 11. The Concepts of Man and Human Purpose in Contemporary Indian Thought