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Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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2012

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Logos And Law In The Letter Of James : The Law Of Nature, The Law Of Moses, And The Law Of Freedom, Matt Jackson-Mccabe Oct 2012

Logos And Law In The Letter Of James : The Law Of Nature, The Law Of Moses, And The Law Of Freedom, Matt Jackson-Mccabe

Matt Jackson-McCabe

This study examines the association of "implanted logos" and the "perfect law of freedom" in the Letter of James. It argues that James understands the Torah to be a written expression of the divine law the Stoics correlated with human reason. After showing how past interpretation of James's logos has been guided by a problematic essentialist approach to Christian origins, the Stoic theory of law is reconstructed with special attention to Cicero's concept of "implanted reason." Adaptations of the Stoic theory in ancient Jewish and Christian literature are examined, and the Letter of James is analyzed in detail. The work …

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Review Of "Health Care And The Ethics Of Encounter: A Jewish Discussion Of Social Justice," By Laurie Zoloth, M Therese Lysaught Mar 2012

Review Of "Health Care And The Ethics Of Encounter: A Jewish Discussion Of Social Justice," By Laurie Zoloth, M Therese Lysaught

M. Therese Lysaught

Dr. Lysaught reviews Laurie Zoloth's book Health Care and the Ethics of Encounter: A Jewish Discussion of Social Justice.

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Discover Your Divine Investment: The Path To Spiritual Joy, Stan Chu Ilo Dec 2011

Discover Your Divine Investment: The Path To Spiritual Joy, Stan Chu Ilo

Stan Chu Ilo

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Affective Neuroscience And The Philosophy Of Self, Stephen Asma Dec 2011

Affective Neuroscience And The Philosophy Of Self, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

The nature of self awareness and the origin and persistence of personal identity still loom large in contemporary philosophy of mind. Many philosophers have been wooed by the computational approach to consciousness, and they attempt to find the self amidst the phenomenon of neocortical information processing. Affective neuroscience offers another pathway to understanding the evolution and nature of self. This paper explores how affective neuroscience acts as a positive game-changer in the philosophical pursuit of self. In particular, we focus on connecting 'mammalian agency' to (a) subjective awareness, and (b) identity through time.

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Lonergan On Analogy, Matthew Ogilvie Dec 2011

Lonergan On Analogy, Matthew Ogilvie

Matthew Ogilvie

Matthew C. Ogilvie
 shows how Lonergan makes regular use of analogy in
systematic theology, in the light of the teaching of the
first Vatican Council.
Differently to what is happening in recent theological currents, Lonergan places
value in the analogy having the enrichment of understanding in view, and not
as a free construction of conceptual schemes. In this way the difference and
disproportion between the analogical base of reference and the transcendent
reality of god is dealt with intact.

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