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Traditional theistic proofs are often understood as evidence intended to compel belief in a divinity. John Clayton explores the surprisingly varied applications of such proofs in the work of philosophers and theologians from several periods and traditions, thinkers as varied as Ramanuja, al-Ghazali, Anselm, and Jefferson. He shows how the gradual disembedding of theistic proofs from their diverse and local religious contexts is concurrent with the development of natural theologies and atheism as social and intellectual options in early modern Europe and America. Clayton offers a fresh reading of the early modern history of philosophy and theology, arguing that awareness of such history, and the local uses of theistic argument, offer important ways of managing religious and cultural difference in the public sphere. He argues for the importance of historically grounded philosophy of religion to the field of religious studies and public debate on religious pluralism and cultural diversity.
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Erscheint auch als Clayton, John Powell, 1943 - 2003 Religions, reasons and gods Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006 ISBN 0521421047
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ISBN 9780521421041
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521126274
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Print version ISBN 9780521421041
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Philosophische Anthropologie
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Theismus
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Religionsphilosophie
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Theismus
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10.1017/CBO9780511488399
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