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Some Remarks About Philosophical Arguments For The Necessity Of Dialogue As A Condition For Human Existence, Krystyna Gorniak

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

A Weaverian Analysis Of The Secular Humanism/Christianity Arguments, Colleen Deborah Ryan

Masters Theses

Since the Renaissance, the unclearly defined movement known as "Humanism" has been a part of society. However, it is only recently that the movement itself has caused significant controversy. What is responsible for this sudden outbreak of humanism hysteria? Is it even to be classified as a problem? To many, especially the Catholic church and many fundamentalist groups, it presents an overt threat.

A vital area of controversy centers around education and the fight between a religious-based curriculum and the more recent secular studies. The issues, it appears, are often obscured by the rhetoric. Indeed, Karl Wallace sees rhetoric as …

Review: The End Of Man, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Ua68/11 Faculty List, Wku Philosophy & Religion

WKU Administration Documents

Faculty list for Philosophy & Religion department, ca. 1986. Includes name, degree, university, date completed, date arrived at WKU, rank/title, areas of study.

Foreword To Antonio De Nicolas Powers Of Imagining, Patrick Heelan

Research Resources

Patrick Aidan Heelan, "Foreword" to Antonio de Nicolas, Powers of Imagining: Ignatius: a hermeneutic of St. Ignatius de Loyola using a new translation of his Spiritual exercises, his Spiritual diary, his Autobiography Autobiography, and some of his letters. (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1986). ix-xiv.

A Text For Reading, A Text For Deciding, Antonio T De Nicolas

Research Resources

No abstract provided.

Did Jesus Really Claim To Be God?, Wayne Brindle

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Superior Instants: Religious Concerns In The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson, Elisabeth Buckner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

When I decided to write a thesis on Emily Dickinson's poetry, my intention was to show that she did, indeed, implement a concrete philosophy into her poetry. However, after several months of research, I realized that this poet's philosophy was ongoing and sometimes inconsistent. Emily Dickinson never discovered the answers to all of her religious and spiritual questions although she devoted her entire life to that pursuit. What Dickinson did discover was that orthodox religion had no place in her heart or mind and she must make her own choices where God was concerned. Immortality was an intense fascination to …

Review: Exodus, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Advice From The Apostle Paul, Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Philosophical Roots Of The Secular Academic Mind, Nick Van Til

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Art, Religion And Musement, Michael L. Raposa

Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

Discussion of how verbal artworks may be religiously significant.

Review: Soviet Evangelicals Since World War Ii, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Review: The Word Becoming Flesh, Donald L. Fowler

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Review: Recent Homiletical Thought: An Annotated Bibliography, V 2 (1966-1979), Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Review: The Minister's Library, V 2 (1972-1980), Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Dorothy Ayers Counts' Review Of James Clifford's Person And Myth: Maurice Leenhardt In The Melanesian World, Dorothy Ayers Counts

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Review: The Guide To Practical Pastoring, Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Mystic Actor At The Decline Of Civilization, Susan Dunlop Harper

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

An examination of the creative role of the individual confronting the decline and possible destruction of civilization, this thesis explores the potential of one human being to achieve, through a process of the reconciliation of opposites, unity within himself and throughout the world. William Butler Years’s theories of the Unity of Opposites, the Unity of Being, and the Unity of Culture are applied to the responsibility of the individual to realize his identity as a mystic actor: a person who takes action within the sacred, thereby creating himself and the universe in which he lives.

Secular Humanism: The Word Of Man, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Review: Preaching And Preachers, Paul R. Fink

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.

Analogues Between The Homeric & Preoperational Conceptions Of Mind, Robert Taylor

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Jean Piaget and Eric Havelock are two writers who have essentially identical conceptions of the nature and development of ideas and the mind. This essential identity is the case even though Piaget is studying the cognitive development of the individual preoperational child, while Havelock is studying the development of the Homeric Greek mind and ideas in relation to the oral processes of communication which existed in Homeric Greece. Both the Homeric and the preoperational conceptions of the mind are examined in regard to the content and form of their ideas, as well as to the mechanisms of their development.

Both …

Towards A New Mysticism By Ursula King, Philip Novak

Collected Faculty Scholarship

"Toward a New Mysticism is, in sum, a chronologically-oriented study of the development of Teilhard's new and evolutionist mysticism, with special attention given to surmises about the roles which Teilhard's years in the East and his readings in Asian philosophy and religion played in that development." ~ from the article

Ua12/2/1 February Magazine, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special issue of the College Heights Herald featuring these articles:

• Kirtley, Marian. No Solace in Change
• Wheeler, Fred. Guy’s & Dolls – Billiards
• Pinkston, Janet. An Ordered Life – St. Mark’s Priory
• Bloss, Lou. Service Experience – Veterans

Agnosticism: Kant, W. David Beck

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

This chapter identifies the results of Kant's philosophical system on the contemporary discussion concerning an inerrant revelation. Knowledge, for Kant, is possible only as the forms and categories of the mind organize the raw data of the senses. Beyond this phenomenal world, the mind can only postulate what must or ought to be. It cannot know what is. The first postulate of this practical reasoning is freedom. The individual is autonomous, knows the good, and is capable of willing and doing as he ought.

Within such an epistemological framework, revelation becomes unnecessary, useless, and unverifiable. Inerrancy is not only false …

Language And Thought: Some Dangerous Distinctions, Ken Badley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

No abstract provided.

The Concept Of Character In The Apocalypse With Implications For Character Education, Beatrice S. Neall

Dissertations

Problem and Purpose

In the educational world of the 80s there is a renewed interest in moral education after nearly half a century of neglect. However, since most moral philosophers reject the teaching of objective moral values in favor of subjectivity, Christian educators have felt the need to restate the principles of character education to harmonize with biblical truth. This study analyzes the concept of character in the Apocalypse against a background of humanistic philosophy originating in Plato and Aristotle, noting in each system the concepts regarding the norm of character, the nature of man, the nature of good and …

The Guardians At The Gate: Archetypes, Angels And A Priori Forms, Philip Novak

Collected Faculty Scholarship

"In response to the growing cross-disciplinary interest in the transformability of human consciousness, this paper explores the doctrines of t consciousness as found in the work of four great Western metaphysicians -- Plato/Plotinus, St. Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. In Plato and Poltinus, in St. Thomas, and possibly in Kant as well, there lie oft-overlooked doctrines of at least two distinct forms of consciousness -- a normal, egoic, subject-object consciousness on the one hand, and , on the other hand, a transcendental consciousness in which one understands the true end of human life to be knowledge of and union with …

The Edifying Influence Of Soren Kierkegaard, Alan Dunn

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Soren Kierkegaard is presented as a Christian corrective to nineteenth century idealism. The nature of idealism is described as it arises in Hegelianism, the ecclesiastical structure, and the cultural setting. The Hegelian ontology of "pure thought," the principle of "mediation," and the striving for "objectivity" are presented as the fundamental obstacles to the assimilation of Christianity. Kierkegaard approaches these issues maieutically. This method is discussed as it relates to the author and his works. The stages of existence (i.e. Aesthetic, Ethical, Religiousness A, and Religiousness B) are described in relation to Kierkegaard's maieutical approach. Kierkegaard's Christological concern is discussed. Comments …

An Examination Of Scholarly Perspective, Religiosity And Factors Which Lead To Religious Change, Paul Fehrmann

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As a replication and expansion of work done by Alsdurf (1977), the relations between religiosity, commitment to scholarly openness and reasons for religious change were examined through a survey of 146 students attending a South-central university. A discussion of logical and empirical studies was presented to help clarify the theses under examination, and it was maintained that this study was primarily concerned with empirical relationships. A negative correlation was obtained between scholarly openness and religiosity for the total population studied, but the correlation was weak. In contrast to expectations, a significant negative correlation between scholarly openness and religiosity was not …