Faith, Rationality and the Passions |
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| Editor:
| Coakley, Sarah |
| Series title: | Directions in Modern Theology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-118-32169-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.
- Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figures
- Overturns the widely-held...
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Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.
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Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figures
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Overturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passion
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Presents original and innovative research on the importance of the late-19th century creation of the category of 'emotion', and its striking difference from classic ideas of passion
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Brings together secular science and philosophy of emotion with philosophical theology to seek a new integration of belief, emotion and reason