Biblical Concepts and our World (Claremont Studies in the Philosophy of Religion)

In this collection, distinguished theologians and philosophers of religion explore the relation of key Biblical concepts to our world. They examine a range of concepts, including authority, faith and history, the historical Jesus, the resurrection and miracles. It goes without saying that, culturally, we live at a considerable distance from the Bible. Disagreements amongst philosophers of religion and theologians begin when we attempt to discuss in detail what that distance implies or entails. In this collection, D.Z. Phillips and Mario von der Ruhr draw together an impressive collection of distinguished theologians and philosophers of religion to explore the relation of key Biblical concepts to our contemporary world. Concepts discussed include authority, faith and history, the historical Jesus, the resurrection and miracles. Discussions following each section of the book bring alive the issues under debate, and allow the reader to understand the points of contention around each argument Front Matter....Pages i-xi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Hearing the Voice of God....Pages 3-24 The Hermeneutics of the Voice of God....Pages 25-67 Front Matter....Pages 69-69 Faith, History, and Approximation....Pages 71-94 Learning the Historical Truth....Pages 95-109 Front Matter....Pages 111-111 Biblical Authority and Philosophy....Pages 113-127 Comment on Knuuttila’s “Biblical Authority and Philosophy”....Pages 128-138 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Looking for Jesus and Finding Christ....Pages 141-152 Looking for Jesus and Still Finding Christ....Pages 153-166 Front Matter....Pages 167-167 The Resurrection: The Grammar of ‘Raised’....Pages 169-189 The Resurrection: The Grammar of ‘Raised’....Pages 190-212 Front Matter....Pages 213-213 Is There an Audience for Miracles?....Pages 215-245 Miracles as Signs of the Times....Pages 246-279 Back Matter....Pages 280-283 "This book offers the rare opportunity to assess, within a single volume, the leading schools of thought in contemporary philosophy of religion. Their exponents seek to meet objections made to their point of view and to relate it to the other schools represented. Further discussions between adherents of the different schools make it an ideal text for assessing the deep proximities and divisions which characterise contemporary philosophy of religion. The schools of thought represented are: philosophical theism, Reformed epistemology, Wittgensteinianism, Postmodernism, Critical Theory and Process Thought." -- BOOK JACKET The contributions of leading Kantian and Kierkegaardian scholars to this collection break down to the simplistic contrast in which Kant is seen as the advocate of a rational moral theology and Kierkegaard as the advocate of an irrationalist faith. This collection is an ideal text for discussion of central issues.