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The Future of Religion in the West: Prospects at the Beginning of a Millennium

01 Jan 2004-pp 15-24
TL;DR: Eugene Long has taught and written at an exciting time: just when philosophical theology was recovering from the onslaught of positivist philosophy in the twentieth century as discussed by the authors. The revival of the discipline in America owes him a considerable debt.
Abstract: Eugene Long has taught and written at an exciting time: just when philosophical theology was recovering from the onslaught of positivist philosophy in the twentieth century. The revival of the discipline in America owes him a considerable debt. Not only did his own writings significantly contribute to this reconstruction, but the symposia and colloquia that he organized and edited in memorable collections, extended his influence on American philosophy. He sustained that influence through the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion which he has edited for many years.
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01 Jan 1968

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TL;DR: A new kind of atheism has become a major theme of European thinkers in our century and which found its most uncompromising formulation in the posthumously published notes of the French philosophermystic-saint, Simone Weil as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: V 3seed for a new kind of atheism which has become a major theme of European thinkers in our century and which found its most uncompromising formulation in the posthumously published notes of the French philosophermystic-saint, Simone Weil. Atheism, which used to be a charge leveled against skeptics, unbelievers, or simply the indifferent, has come to mean a religious experience of the death of God. The godlessness of the world in all its strata and

10 citations

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01 Jan 2018
TL;DR: A survey of the current status of natural theology among scholars can be found in this paper, where contributors represent a range of theoretical bases, including Thomistic, Process, Continental and Anglo-American approaches, and often differ with regard to both the prospects and the role of natural theologians.
Abstract: Since the 1960s, philosophers and theologians have begun to give renewed attention to the kinds of issues that natural theology was intended to address. During the past decade, the interest has reached new heights. This collection of essays provides a sample of the current status of natural theology among scholars. The first three essays, by Kenneth Schmitz, James Ross and George I. Mavrodes clear away obstacles and lay the groundwork for a reconsideration of the arguments for the existence of God. Essays by Joseph J. Kockelmans, Fredrick Ferre and John D. Caputo focus on natural theology and the limits of knowledge. The last group of essays - written by W. Norris Clarke, S.J. Bowman Clarke, Ninian Smart, Eugene Thomas Long and Louis Dupre - provides alternative approaches to natural theology. While contributors represent a range of theoretical bases, including Thomistic, Process, Continental and Anglo-American approaches, and often differ with regard to both the prospects and the role of natural theology, their contributions to this volume aim to provide a map of some of the primary routes currently taken to arrive at a theory of natural theology in the last decade of this century.

6 citations