Search for dissertations about: "religious arguments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words religious arguments.

2. 1. Forces by Which We Live : Religion and Religious Experience from the Perspective of a Pragmatic Philosophical Anthropology

   Author : Ulf Zackariasson; Dirk-Martin Grube; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; pragmatism; conception of religion; James; Dewey; Mead; philosophical anthropology; views of life; religious experience; Alston; reflective equilibrium; emotions.; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

   Abstract : This study argues that a pragmatic conception of religion would enable philosophers to make important contributions to our ability to handle concrete problems involving religion. The term 'philosophical anthropology', referring to different interpretative frameworks, which philosophers draw on to develop conceptions of human phenomena, is introduced. READ MORE

4. 2. Beyond Belief : On the Nature and Rationality of Agnostic Religion

   Author : Carl-Johan Palmqvist; Teoretisk filosofi; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Agnosticism; Non-Doxastic Religion; Religious Fictionalism; Natural Theology; Religion and Rationality; Faith; Hope;

   Abstract : AbstractIt is standardly assumed that a religious commitment needs to be based upon religious belief, if it is to be rationally acceptable. In this thesis, that assumption is rejected. I argue for the feasibility of belief-less religion, with a focus on the approach commonly known as “non-doxasticism”. READ MORE

5. 3. Foundations for knowing God : Bernard Lonergan's foundations for knowledge of God and the challenge from antifoundationalism

   Author : Ulf Jonsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; B Lonergan; knowledge of God; foundationalism; antifoundationalism; cognitional theory; epistemic justification; transcendental method; basic beliefs; religious experience; Aquinas; Aristotle; H Putnam; R Rorty; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

   Abstract : This study deals with the theory of knowledge of God elaborated by the Canadian theologian and philosopher Bernard Lonergan (1904-1984). Lonergan's theory of knowledge of God, or his "philosophy of God", has already been the subject-matter of a number of doctoral dissertations. READ MORE

6. 4. Romans Interpreted : A Comparative Analysis of the Commentaries of Barth, Nygren, Cranfield and Wilckens on Paul´s Epistle to the Romans

   Author : Cristina Grenholm; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interpretation; Romans; Barth; Nygren; Cranfield; Wilckens; Religious Studies and Theology; Religionsvetenskap; Genusvetenskap; Gender Studies; Religion Theology;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with the problem of how to explain different interpretations of Paul's Epistle to the Romans in the four contemporary commentaries of Karl Barth, Anders Nygren, Charles Cranfield and Ulrich Wilckens. The purpose of this study is to put forward and analyse the different interpretations given by the commentators and to examine some ways in which these differences may be explained. READ MORE

7. 5. Theologies Speak of Justice : A Study of Islamic and Christian Social Ethics

   Author : Teresa Callewaert; Elena Namli; Mattias Gardell; Ola Sigurdson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamic social ethics; Christian social ethics; comparative religious ethics; interpretative method; identity; authenticity; political theology; secularity; religious arguments; public discourse; justice; sociality; Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im; Duncan B. Forrester; Ali Shariati; Gustavo Gutierrez; Tariq Ramadan; John Milbank; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how religious ethics, while retaining its identity, can contribute to political debate and to the understanding of justice. The inquiry addresses these issues by focusing on theological perspectives which challenge the solutions offered to these questions by the liberal paradigm. READ MORE