Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called ""Singularity"" when human consciousness can (and will) be downloaded into computers? Or is there more to the human person--something that might be known as soul or spirit? As this book makes clear, the answers to these questions have profound implications to topics such as heroism, creativity, ecology, and the possibility of reason and science. In exploring this important topic, Dickerson engages the ideas of some well-known twentieth- and...
Are humans just complex biochemical machines, mere physical parts of a causally closed materialist universe? Are we approaching the so-called ""Singul...
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement.
This second edition includes new entries, extended coverage of non-Christian topics, as well as revisions and updates throughout.
The first edition was named a...
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures,...
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures, arguments, and terms, it offers an overview of the vital themes that make philosophy of religion the growing, vigorous field that it is today. It covers world religions and sources from east and west. Entries have been crafted for clarity, succinctness, and engagement.
This second edition includes new entries, extended coverage of non-Christian topics, as well as revisions and updates throughout.
The first edition was named a...
A Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion is an indispensable resource for students and scholars. Covering historical and contemporary figures,...
In recent scholarship there is an emerging interest in the integration of philosophy and theology. Philosophers and theologians address the relationship between body and soul and its implications for theological anthropology. In so doing, philosopher-theologians interact with cognitive science, biological evolution, psychology, and sociology. Reflecting these exciting new developments, The Ashgate Research Companion to Theological Anthropology is a resource for philosophers and theologians, students and scholars, interested in the constructive, critical exploration of a theology of human...
In recent scholarship there is an emerging interest in the integration of philosophy and theology. Philosophers and theologians address the relationsh...
