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Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion » Read Now
by David Hume. 252 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION The Library of Liberal Arts...FOUNDER DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION DAVID HUME Edited, with...1711-1776 DIALOGUES CONCERNING...
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The Metaphysics of Theism: Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa Contra Gentiles I » Read Now
by Norman Kretzmann. 310 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

The Metaphysics of Theism is the definitive study of the natural theology of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of medieval philosophers, written by one of the world's most eminent scholars of medieval thought. Natural theology is the investigation by analysis and rational argument of fundamental...
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The Metaphysics of Theism is the definitive study of the natural theology of Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of medieval philosophers, written by one of the world's most eminent scholars of medieval thought. Natural theology is the investigation by analysis and rational argument of fundamental questions about reality, considered in relation to God. Professor Kretzmann shows the continuing value of Aquinas's doctrines to the philosophical enterprise today; he argues that natural theology offers the only route by which philosophers can, as philosophers, approach theological propositions, and that the one presented in this book is the best available natural theology.
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The Metaphysics of Creation: Aquinas's Natural Theology in Summa Contra Gentiles II » Read Now
by Norman Kretzmann. 483 pgs.

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About Aquinas: St Thomas Aquinas lived from 1224/5 to 1274, mostly in his native Italy but for a time in France. He was the greatest of the medieval philosopher/theologians, and one of the most important of all Western thinkers. His most famous books are the two summaries of his teachings, the Summa...
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About Aquinas: St Thomas Aquinas lived from 1224/5 to 1274, mostly in his native Italy but for a time in France. He was the greatest of the medieval philosopher/theologians, and one of the most important of all Western thinkers. His most famous books are the two summaries of his teachings, the Summa contra gentiles and the Summa theologiae. About this book: Norman Kretzmann expounds and criticizes Aquinas's natural theology of creation, which is `natural' (or philosophical) in virtue of Aquinas's having developed it without depending on the data of Scripture. The Metaphysics of Creation is a continuation of the project Kretzmann began in The Metaphysics of Theism, moving the focus from the first to the second book of Aquinas's Summa contra gentiles. Here we find Aquinas building upon his account of the existence and nature of God, arguing that the existence of things other than God must be explained by divine creation out of nothing. He develops arguments to identify God's motivation for creating, to defend the possibility of a beginningless created universe, and to explain the origin of species. He then focuses exclusively on creatures with intellects, with the result that more than half of his natural theology of creation constitutes a philosophy of mind. Kretzmann gives a masterful guide through all these arguments. As before, he not only expounds Aquinas's natural theology, but advocates it as the best historical instance available to us.
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God and Goodness: A Natural Theological Perspective » Read Now
by Mark Wynn. 228 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

God and Goodness , takes the experience of value, in moral and aesthetic contexts, as a starting point for natural theology. The book seeks to respond to contemporary indifference to religious questions by representing religious commitment as a natural extension of our value commitments in other spheres.
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Natural Religion and Christian Theology » Read Now
by Charles E. Raven. 224 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Gifford Lectures, 1951, First Series NATURAL RELIGION AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY NATURAL RELIGION AND CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY THE GIFFOPD...more necessary at the present time when...
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Lectures and Essays on Natural Theology and Ethics » Read Now
by William Wallace, Edward Caird. 566 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Christian doctrine against all outsiders, of other religion or of none, offered a vehicle for such reflections. The new natural knowledge, which had hitherto struggled...
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The Sacred Depths of Nature » Read Now
by Ursula Goodenough. 197 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity-- point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world...
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For many of us, the great scientific discoveries of the modern age--the Big Bang, evolution, quantum physics, relativity-- point to an existence that is bleak, devoid of meaning, pointless. But in The Sacred Depths of Nature, eminent biologist Ursula Goodenough shows us that the scientific world view need not be a source of despair. Indeed, it can be a wellspring of solace and hope. This eloquent volume reconciles the modern scientific understanding of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity. Looking at topics such as evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, Goodenough writes with rich, uncluttered detail about the workings of nature in general and of living creatures in particular. Her luminous clarity makes it possible for even non-scientists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no less meaningful because of our increasingly scientific understanding of them. At the end of each chapter, Goodenough's spiritual reflections respond to the complexity of nature with vibrant emotional intensity and a sense of reverent wonder. A beautifully written celebration of molecular biology with meditations on the spiritual and religious meaning that can be found at the heart of science, this volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing dialog between science and religion. This book will engage anyone who was ever mesmerized--or terrified--by the mysteries of existence.
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Studies in the History of Natural Theology (1915) » Read Now
by Clement C. J. Webb. 363 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...desired to promote the study of Natural Religion. For we may, I think, take...closest possible relation to Natural Religion; that it must denote the reasoned...implied in...
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Uncollected Lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reports of Lectures on American Life and Natural Religion, Reprinted from the Commonwealth » Read Now
by Ralph Waldo Emerson. 64 pgs.

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...Social Aims," "Resources," "Table-Talk...seventh, on "Natural Religion," was read...lecture on "Natural Religion," the unusual...RESOURCES 23...NATURAL RELIGION 47...
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God after Darwin: A Theology of Evolution ("Post-Darwinian Natural Theology" begins on p. 33) » Read Now
by John F. Haught. 221 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

In God After Darwin, Haught argues that the ongoing debate between Darwinian evolutionists and Christian apologists is fundamentally misdirected: both sides persist in focusing upon an explanation of underlying design and order in the universe.
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Modern Biology and Natural Theology » Read Now
by Alan Olding. 182 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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God and Enchantment of Place: Reclaiming Human Experience ("Divine Generosity and Natural Religion" begins on p. 5) » Read Now
by David Brown. 436 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library
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Reason and Religious Faith (Discussion of natural religion begins on p. 26) » Read Now
by Terence Penelhum. 166 pgs.

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library