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Faith, rationality, and the passions
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Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refu...
Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figuresOverturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passionPresents
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- Creator
- edited by Sarah Coakley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Chichester ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9781299313774, 1299313779, 9781118321997, 1118321995, 9781118321683, 1118321685, 9781118321690, 1118321693, 1444361937
- OCLC
- ocn804665023
- Papers presented at conference held Jan. 11-13, 2010 at the University of Cambridge.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Faith, Rationality, and the Passions; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS; 1: REASON, FAITH, AND MEANING; 2: THE INVENTION OF FANATICISM; 3: THE LATE ARRIVAL OF LANGUAGE: WORD, NATURE, AND THE DIVINE IN PLATO'S CRATYLUS; 4: EVAGRIUS PONTICUS AND THE EASTERN MONASTIC TRADITION ON THE INTELLECT AND THE PASSIONS; 5: TEARS AND WEEPING: AN AUGUSTINIAN VIEW; 6: THE NON-ARISTOTELIAN CHARACTER OF AQUINAS'S ETHICS: AQUINAS ON THE PASSIONS; 7: SKEPTICAL DETACHMENT OR LOVING SUBMISSION TO THE GOOD? REASON, FAITH, AND THE PASSIONS IN DESCARTES
- 8: HUME VERSUS KANT: FAITH, REASON, AND FEELING9: KANT, THE PASSIONS, AND THE STRUCTURE OF MORAL MOTIVATION; 10: "THE MONSTROUS CENTAUR"? JOSEPH DE MAISTRE ON REASON, PASSION, AND VIOLENCE; 11: KIERKEGAARD ON FAITH, REASON, AND PASSION; 12: REVOLTING PASSIONS; 13: WITTGENSTEIN ON FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS; 14: PSYCHOLOGY AND THE RATIONALITY OF EMOTION; 15: THE NEUROSCIENCE OF EMOTION AND REASONING IN SOCIAL CONTEXTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MORAL THEOLOGY; 16: INTELLECTUAL EMOTIONS AND RELIGIOUS EMOTIONS
- POSTSCRIPT: WHAT (IF ANYTHING) CAN THE SCIENCES TELL PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY ABOUT FAITH, RATIONALITY, AND THE PASSIONS?INDEX