Naming God
Addressing the Divine in Philosophy, Theology and Scripture
(Sprache: Englisch)
A powerful and ground-breaking contribution to religious philosophy that argues for a return to the venerable tradition of naming God.
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A powerful and ground-breaking contribution to religious philosophy that argues for a return to the venerable tradition of naming God.
Klappentext zu „Naming God “
Janet Soskice is one of the leading religious philosophers in the English-speaking world. This much- anticipated book deepens her path-breaking work on metaphor and religious language by arguing that we need to reject the notion of 'classical attributes' and return to the venerable theological and philosophical tradition of naming God.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Naming God “
1. Introduction; 2. Naming God at Sinai. The gift of the name; 3. Philo on knowing and naming God; 4. Creation ex Nihilo as a revolution in Christian metaphysics¿ and in naming God; 5. Is 'God' the name of God?; 6. Gregory of Nyssa ¿ naming and following God: from mystic vision to ethics; 7. Augustine, Moses and God as being itself; 8. Aquinas: philosophical theology as spiritual practice; 9. Conclusion: calling and being called.
Autoren-Porträt von Janet Soskice
Janet Soskice is Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. She is presently the William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology at Duke Divinity School. Her books include Metaphor and Religious Language (OUP, 1984), which is a classic work of metaphorical theology, and also the best selling trade title Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels (Chatto & Windus, 2009), which vividly recounts how the Ayrshire twins Agnes and Margaret Smith made in the Sinai desert one of the most important New Testament manuscript discoveries of the nineteenth century.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Janet Soskice
- 2023, 256 Seiten, Maße: 14,2 x 22 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 1108834469
- ISBN-13: 9781108834469
- Erscheinungsdatum: 21.07.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
'Skilfully and insightfully written, this book draws on the inheritance of the author's classic text Metaphor and Religious Language while developing that inheritance in a great many interesting and engaging new directions.' Oliver Davies, King's College London
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