'For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to think that the Christian religion is true? What is truth, anyway? Do human beings have freedom of ...
"An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion" is the standard account of the subject for students, philosophers, and general readers. This new, completely revised and updated edition places particular emphasis on matters which have recently become philosophically controversial. Brian Davies also provides a critical examination of the fundamental ...
Thomas Aquinas was one of the greatest Western philosphers and one of the greatest theologians of the Christian church. In this book we at last have a modern, comprehensive presentation of the total thought of Aquinas. Books on Aquinas invariably deal with either his philosophy or his theology. But Aquinas himself made no arbitrary division ...
An exciting new way of teaching chaos in dynamical systems to undergraduates, using a combination of text and computer experiments.. This book is an elementary introduction to the theory of dynamical systems and chaos. The principal aim is to explore the deep relationship among dynamical systems, chaos, and fractals, and to uncover structure even ...
St Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) is commonly viewed as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time. Aquinas was the ultimate combination of theologian and philosopher and his influence on Christian life and thought reaches from the Council of Trent to the Second Vatican Council and through to today. In this book Brian Davies shows that ...
Rudolf Bultmann (1884-1976) was a prolific and wide-ranging writer. Best known as a New Testament critic, he also contributed to systematic theology, history, philosophy and hermeneutics. His work influenced several generations of Christian theologians. This work provides a scholarly survey of Bultmann's life and work. It explores the historical ...
Edward Schillebeeckx has become especially well known for his writings on Jesus and on ministry. This book traces his thoughts on these matters. But it also highlights his way of explaining how, and in what sense, human beings know God the Creator.
St Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) is commonly viewed as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of all time. Aquinas was the ultimate combination of theologian and philosopher and his influence on Christian life and thought reaches from the Council of Trent to the Second Vatican Council and through to today. In this book Brian Davies shows that ...
This work represents some of St Thomas Aquinas's most mature thinking on goodness, badness, and human agency. Together with the second part of the Summa Theologiae, it is one of his most sustained contributions to moral philosophy and theology and ranks among his major writings. In it Aquinas examines the full range of questions associated with ...
The harp seal is one of nature's most appealing and defenceless creatures, so the worldwide outrage at the annual hunt for the pelts of the baby harp seals was not surprising. This hunt ended only recently and now each spring hundreds of nature lovers flock to see the newborn pups. In this book, Fred Bruemmer follows the life of one female harp ...
The aim of this text is to present a bird's eye view of everyday psychiatry, emphasizing the problems of clinical diagnosis and management within a general practice or a general hospital. Theory and detailed phenomenology are deliberately omitted. Psychotherapy, current drug therapy, sexual problems, combined physical and psychiatric illness, ...
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