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" Religion without transcendence? "
edited by D.Z. Phillips and Timothy Tessin.
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BL
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555448
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b384044
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D Z Phillips
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Religion without transcendence?\ edited by D.Z. Phillips and Timothy Tessin.
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Basingstoke : Macmillan,, 1997.
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Claremont studies in the philosophy of religion.
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(x, 292 pages)
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1349259152
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: 9781349259151
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1. Introduction: Appropriating 'Transcendence' / D.Z. Phillips -- 2. The Ambition of Transcendence / Barry Allen -- 3. Transcending Truth -- A Reply / Timothy Tessin -- 4. Transcendence and Truth / John Hick -- 5. Transcendence and Truth -- A Reply / Stephen Grover -- 6. After Transcendence: The Death of God and the Future of Religion / Richard Schacht -- 7. After Transcendence -- A Reply / Michael Weston -- 8. Transcendence in a Pluralistic Context / Ninian Smart -- 9. Transcendence in a Pluralistic Context -- A Reply / Joseph Augustine Di Noia -- 10. Death and Transcendence / William L. Rowe -- 11. Death, Value and Transcendence / Gareth Moore -- 12. Transcending the Human / Marina Barabas.
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What can transcendence mean for us? We live in a world in which there are many conceptions of transcendence. Some philosophers say that they all point, in their way, to a transcendent realm, without which death and life's sorrows have the last word, while their opponents argue that since this realm is an illusion, we must use our own resources to meet life's trials. Others argue that moral and religious concepts ofWhat can transcendence mean for us? We live in a world in which there are many conceptions of transcendence. Some philosophers say that they all point, in their way, to a transcendent realm, without which death and life's sorrows have the last word, while their opponents argue that since this realm is an illusion, we must use our own resources to meet life's trials. Others argue that moral and religious concepts ofWhat can transcendence mean for us? We live in a world in which there are many conceptions of transcendence. Some philosophers say that they all point, in their way, to a transcendent realm, without which death and life's sorrows have the last word, while their opponents argue that since this realm is an illusion, we must use our own resources to meet life's trials. Others argue that moral and religious concepts of",,,,,"What can transcendence mean for us? We live in a world in which there are many conceptions of transcendence. Some philosophers say that they all point, in their way, to a transcendent realm, without which death and life's sorrows have the last word, while their opponents argue that since this realm is an illusion, we must use our own resources to meet life's trials. Others argue that moral and religious concepts of transcendence are obscured by philosophical notions of transcendence, and must be rescued from them. These conflicting views on a central issue in our culture are brought into sharp relief in the present collection.
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Timothy Tessin
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