Search for dissertations about: "Natural Theology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Natural Theology.

  2. 1. Seeing Nature as Creation : How Anti-Cartesian Philosophy of Mind and Perception Reshapes Natural Theology

    Author : Mats Wahlberg; Arne Rasmusson; John Haldane; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : natural theology; knowledge of God; philosophy of mind; perception; John McDowell; epistemological disjunctivism; problem of other minds; expression; postliberal theology; postsecular theology; Philosophy of Religion; religionsfilosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation constructively explores the implications for natural theology of (especially) John McDowell’s anti-Cartesian philosophy of mind and perception. Traditionally, an important element within natural theology is the idea that nature testifies to its creator, thereby making knowledge of a creator available to humans. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Theology for the Bildungsbürgertum : Ritschl in Context

    Author : Leif Svensson; Arne Rasmusson; Thomas Girmalm; Mats Wahlberg; Johannes Zachhuber; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Albrecht Ritschl; the kingdom of God; theology; Christian ethics; Kulturprotestantismus; Bildungsbürgertum; nineteenth-century Germany; historical criticism; historicism; the historical Jesus; materialism; late idealism; Luther and modernity; criticism of religion;

    Abstract : The subject of this historical-theological investigation is the German Lutheran theologian Albrecht Ritschl (1822-1889). Ritschl’s theology is understood in the context of the de-Christianization of the German Bildungsbürgertum (educated middle class). READ MORE

  5. 3. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Study of the History of Interpretations

    Author : Tord Larsson; Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bible; New Testament; Johannine writings; Gospel of John; Fourth Gospel; history of interpretations; reception history; Wirkungsgeschichte; hermeneutics; exegetical methods; interpretatory pre¬supposi¬tions; Reforma¬tion exegesis; Martin Luther; John Calvin; Brooke Foss Westcott; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann; Rudolf Bultmann; Raymond E. Brown; God; theology; theology proper; notion of God; revelation of God; love of God; activity of God; glory; doxa; the Father; the Son; Logos; Jesus; Trinity; accommodation; de-accommodation.; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : This book presents an exhaustive and systematic investigation of six representatives of three important periods of New Testament interpretation: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brooke Foss Westcott, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Rudolf Bultmann and Raymond E. Brown. READ MORE

  6. 4. God in the Fourth Gospel : A Hermeneutical Investigation of the History of Interpretations

    Author : Tord Larsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Trinity; Jesus; Logos; the Son; the Father; doxa; glory; activity of God; love of God; revelation of God; notion of God; theology proper; theology; God; Raymond E. Brown; Rudolf Bultmann; Heinrich Julius Holtzmann; Brooke Foss Westcott; John Calvin; Martin Luther; Reformation exegesis; interpretatory presuppositions; exegetical methods; hermeneutics; Wirkungsgeschichte; reception history; history of interpretations; Fourth Gospel; Johannine writings; Gospel of John; New Testament; Bible; accommodation; de-accommodation; Bibelvetenskap; General and comparative literature; literature criticism; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

    Abstract : This book presents an exhaustive and systematic investigation of six representatives of three important periods of New Testament interpretation: Martin Luther, John Calvin, Brooke Foss Westcott, Heinrich Julius Holtzmann, Rudolf Bultmann and Raymond E. Brown. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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