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The third volume in Fiske's acclaimed series of studies in religious philosophy, Through Nature to God, continues his typical lucidity of expression and advocacy of the theory of evolution. Here, he argues that an analysis of Nature and Nature's way yields God.
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Nature and the Supernatural (1858), subtitled "As Together Constituting The One System of God," is Bushnell's sweeping discussion of creation, miracles, and the supernatural aspects of humanity. Opposed to the contemporary conceptions of religion as science, Bushnell attempts to restore religion to the realm of the supernatural, as he defines it in this volume.
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Published in 1906, this study attempts to understand the human misinterpretation of animals-asking if there really is a difference between consciousness and sensation. Controversial in its day, the book had many critics whom Robinson was called upon to publish responses to in T. P's Weekly. He begins the book, "My object is not to preach, but to prove on logical and scientific grounds . . . that man has inherited the spirit of God and will return...
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First published posthumously in 1779, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" is Scottish philosopher David Hume's classic work of religious philosophy. This detailed and exhaustive examination of the nature and existence of God was begun by Hume in 1750, but not completed until shortly before his death in 1776. Hume was an important and influential English Empiricist, along with other English philosophers such as Francis Bacon, John Locke, and Thomas...
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"Winner of the 2010 Award for Excellence in Religion: Constructive-Reflective Studies, American Academy of Religion" "One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010" Mark Johnston is the Walter Cerf Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the author of Surviving Death (Princeton).
A bold and persuasive case for abandoning old religions and still believing in God
In this book, Mark Johnston argues that God needs to be saved not...
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This 1891 work of speculative philosophy defines “Natural Theology” as the science of God-meaning this form of theology proves the existence of an omnipotent God using only pure reason. Drawing on the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and others, the author lays out the academic case for the existence of an omnipotent and omniscient God.
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Moody Publishers
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"How does God speak through His creation, and what is He saying? Chapters include interviews with leading scientists. We were made to wonder. To live in awe of God. This book expands our hearts and minds so that we might delight in the wisdom and power of our triune God!"--
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No class of works is received with more suspicion, I had almost said derision, than those which deal with Science and Religion. Science is tired of reconciliations between two things which never should have been contrasted; Religion is offended by the patronage of an ally which it professes not to need; and the critics have rightly discovered that, in most cases where Science is either pitted against Religion or fused with it, there is some fatal...
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Gifford lectures volume 1985
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Sagan sets down his detailed thoughts on the relationship between religion and science and describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. In 1985, Sagan was invited to give the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland on the grand occasion of the lectureship's centennial. The result is this delightfully intimate discussion of his views on topics ranging from the likelihood of intelligent life on other...
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This book explores the powerful new evidence discovered in the last few decades by scientific research in astronomy, the nature of the atom and DNA. These discoveries have caused a revolution in the world view of thousands of scientists as they were confronted with compelling new evidence that our universe must have been created by a Supernatural Mind. Grant Jeffrey’s latest book, Creation, will challenge readers with fascinating new...
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[2014]
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Discusses how America's revolutionaries--including Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Thomas Paine and Ethan Allen--were inspired by ideas that were ancient and pagan in nature, including the work of Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius and Dutch heretic Benedict de Spinoza.