Burrell Faith and Freedom

An Interfaith Perspective
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-3760-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Challenges in Contemporary Theology

In this book, David Burrell, one of the foremost philosophicaltheologians in the English-speaking world, presents the best of hiswork on creation and human freedom.
* * A collection of writings by one of the foremost philosophers ofreligion in the English-speaking world.
* Brings together in one volume the best of David Burrell'swork on creation and human freedom from the last twentyyears.
* Dismantles the 'libertarian' approach to freedomunderlying Western political and economic systems.
* Engages with Islam, Judaism and Christianity, and with modernand pre-modern systems of thought.
* The author is noted for his rigorous approach, his wry humor,his intellectual subtlety and his generous spirit.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Burrell, David B.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Prologue.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: Creator/Creation Relation:.
1. Distinguishing God from the World.
2. The Unknowability of God in al-Ghazali.
3. Why not Pursue the Metaphor of Artisan and View God'sKnowledge as Practical?.
4. Maimonides, Aquinas and Gersonides on Providence andEvil.
5. Aquinas' Debt to Maimonides.
6. Creation and `Actualism': The Dialectical Dimension ofPhilosophical Theology.
7. Aquinas and Scotus: Contrary Patterns for PhilosophicalTheology.
8. From Analogy of 'Being' to the Analogy of Being.
Part II: Divine Freedom and Human Freedom:.
9. The Challenge to Medieval Christian Philosophy: RelatingCreator to Creatures.
10. Freedom and Creation in the Abrahamic Traditions.
11. Al-Ghazali on Created Freedom.
12. Creation, Will and Knowledge in Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
Part III: Interfaith Encounter:.
13. God, Religious Pluralism, and Dialogic Encounter.
14. The Christian Distinction Celebrated and Expanded.
15. Incarnation and Creation: The Hidden Dimension.
16. Assessing Statements of Faith: Augustine and EttyHillesum.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

David Burrell is Hesburgh Professor of Philosophy and Theology at Notre Dame University. His previous books include Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas (1986), Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions (1993), and two translations of Al-Ghazali.