Who’s Afraid of the Unmoved Mover?
Who’s Afraid of the Unmoved Mover?

Author: Andrew I. Shepardson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1532656793

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Are postmodern philosophy and Christian theology compatible? A surprising number of Christian philosophers and theologians think so. However, these same thinkers argue that postmodern insights entail the rejection of natural theology, the ability to discover knowledge about the existence and nature of God in the natural world. Postmodernism, they claim, shows that appealing to nature to demonstrate or infer the existence of God is foolish because these appeals rely on modernity's outmoded grounds for knowledge. Moreover, natural theology and apologetics are often hindrances to authentic Christian faith. Notions like objectivity and rationality are forms of idolatry from which Christians should repent. This book carefully examines the nature of truth, rationality, general revelation, and evangelism to show that the postmodern objections fail and that Christians ought to lovingly and faithfully use natural theology and apologetics to defend and commend the Christian faith to a world in need of the knowledge of God.

The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word
The Knowledge of God in the World and the Word

Author: Douglas Groothuis

Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Published: 2022-12-06

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0310113083

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Amid the crisis of authority in our modern and postmodern era, Christians need to be able to point to God's revelation in the natural world in addition to defending God's unique revelation in the Bible and in the person of Jesus Christ. Classical apologetics takes a two-step approach to commending the Christian picture of reality. First, arguments for the existence of God, such as those of natural theology, are employed to create common ground with people outside the household of the Christian faith and to provide intellectual support for Christians. Second, classical apologetics defends key items of Christian revelation, including the reliability of the Bible, the identity of the historical Jesus, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. In Knowledge of God in the World and the Word, authors Douglas Groothuis and Andrew Shepardson provide a simple introduction to classical apologetics that also addresses the most common objections to natural theology. Readers will discover in the book an easy point of entry into understanding why Christian beliefs about Jesus are true and rational. Further, the authors apply the power of classical apologetics to Christian ministry.

The Problem with God
The Problem with God

Author: Peter Steinberger

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2013-07-02

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0231535201

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Whether people praise, worship, criticize, or reject God, they all presuppose at least a rough notion of what it means to talk about God. Turning the certainty of this assumption on its head, a respected educator and humanist shows that when we talk about God, we are in fact talking about nothing at all—there is literally no such idea—and so all of the arguments we hear from atheists, true believers, and agnostics are and will always be empty and self-defeating. Peter J. Steinberger's commonsense account is by no means disheartening or upsetting, leaving readers without anything meaningful to hold on to. To the contrary, he demonstrates how impossible it is for the common world of ordinary experience to be all there is. With patience, clarity, and good humor, Steinberger helps readers think critically and constructively about various presuppositions and modes of being in the world. By coming to grips with our own deep-seated beliefs, we can understand how traditional ways asserting, denying, or even just wondering about God's existence prevent us from seeing the truth—which, it turns out, is far more interesting and encouraging than anyone would have thought.

Who's Afraid of the Unmoved Mover?
Who's Afraid of the Unmoved Mover?

Author: Andrew I. Shepardson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-02-12

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1532656777

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Are postmodern philosophy and Christian theology compatible? A surprising number of Christian philosophers and theologians think so. However, these same thinkers argue that postmodern insights entail the rejection of natural theology, the ability to discover knowledge about the existence and nature of God in the natural world. Postmodernism, they claim, shows that appealing to nature to demonstrate or infer the existence of God is foolish because these appeals rely on modernity’s outmoded grounds for knowledge. Moreover, natural theology and apologetics are often hindrances to authentic Christian faith. Notions like objectivity and rationality are forms of idolatry from which Christians should repent. This book carefully examines the nature of truth, rationality, general revelation, and evangelism to show that the postmodern objections fail and that Christians ought to lovingly and faithfully use natural theology and apologetics to defend and commend the Christian faith to a world in need of the knowledge of God.

Philosophy of Nursing
Philosophy of Nursing

Author: Janice M. Brencick

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780791443798

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Employs philosophy to help illuminate the nature of nursing and provide a holistic view of both nursing and persons.

Alchemies of the Mind
Alchemies of the Mind

Author: Jon Elster

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780521644877

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A comprehensive book on the emotions considering the full range of theoretical approaches.

Paths Through Mankind's Perplexities
Paths Through Mankind's Perplexities

Author: Mordecai Roshwald

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1606934619

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Roshwald merges a variety of approaches to offer a guide for humanity's way of life. He cautiously explores the right path through perplexing problems.

Greek Philosophers as Theologians
Greek Philosophers as Theologians

Author: Dr Adam Drozdek

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-05-28

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1409477576

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Concepts of God presented by Greek philosophers were significantly different from the image of the divine of popular religion and indicate a fairly sophisticated theological reflection from the very inception of Greek philosophy. This book presents a comprehensive history of theological thought of Greek philosophers from the Presocratics to the early Hellenistic period. Concentrating on views concerning the attributes of God and their impact on eschatological and ethical thought, Drozdek explains that theology was of paramount importance for all Greek philosophers even in the absence of purely theological or religious language.