The manifest strength of the medieval period has always been the ways in which particular thinkers negotiated the twin criteria of reason and faith. What seemed to the Enlightenment a weakness appears to our time as a virtuoso performance. Less well known in the West has been the inherently interfaith and intercultural character of the discussion. This collection of essays, which originated in 1987 at a symposium titled "God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium in Comparative Religious Thought," is devoted to the doctrine of creation in the three Western monotheistic faiths: Judaism,...
The manifest strength of the medieval period has always been the ways in which particular thinkers negotiated the twin criteria of reason and faith. W...
A collection of essays examining the doctrine of creation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, including the historical and constructive aspects of this doctrine within an ecumenical environment. Comparative dimensions, including the relation between creation and emanation, are also explored.
A collection of essays examining the doctrine of creation in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, including the historical and constructive aspects of thi...
