The collection features a diverse array of essays that explore various aspects of the philosophy of religion. It delves into fundamental questions, arguments, and themes, making complex ideas accessible to a broad audience. The essays aim to engage readers with different viewpoints and encourage critical thinking about religious beliefs and practices.
Harmony and Form, Beauty and Art, Obligation and Personhood, Flourishing and Civilization
The book presents a unique theory of culture that intertwines metaphysical concepts derived from both Platonic and Confucian traditions. It explores how these philosophical frameworks influence cultural understanding and development, offering insights into the interplay between metaphysics and cultural practices. Through this lens, the author seeks to deepen the reader's comprehension of the foundational elements that shape diverse cultures.
The book offers a fresh perspective on the philosophy of religion, proposing an innovative theory for defining religion. It challenges traditional views and encourages readers to reconsider the foundational concepts and criteria that shape our understanding of religious belief and practice. Through this reorientation, it aims to deepen the discourse surrounding religion and its significance in contemporary society.
Confucian Essays on Metaphysics, Morals, Rituals, Institutions, and Genders
This work introduces a modern interpretation of Confucianism, emphasizing progressive and liberal values suitable for the twenty-first century. It explores how traditional Confucian principles can be adapted to contemporary societal challenges, advocating for a philosophy that promotes social justice, inclusivity, and ethical governance. The author aims to bridge the gap between ancient wisdom and modern issues, offering insights into how Confucian ideals can contribute to a more equitable and harmonious society today.
Exploring the interplay between the temporal and the eternal, this collection of sermons from Marsh Chapel at Boston University emphasizes the need to cultivate a sense of eternity in contemporary spiritual life. By following the lectionary, the sermons illustrate how moments of daily life can connect to eternal truths, using the liturgical year as a framework. This comprehensive theology addresses the often-overlooked dimension of eternity, offering insights for both liberal and conservative perspectives on faith and action.
The book offers a collection of sermons that articulate a liberal perspective of Christianity, contrasting it with conservative views prevalent in contemporary society. Preached during a politically charged time, these sermons address the spiritual, cultural, social, and political issues of the era, following the Revised Common Lectionary. The author, a theology professor and Dean of Marsh Chapel, provides insights into biblical interpretation relevant to the challenges faced during the 2004-2005 academic year, including the impact of the Iraq War and the reelection of President George W. Bush.
Focusing on a systematic philosophical theology, this concluding volume of the trilogy offers a compelling sacred worldview that encourages religious participation. It builds upon previous discussions, aiming to provide readers with a coherent framework for understanding and engaging with spirituality in a meaningful way.
The second volume in a trilogy advancing a systematic philosophical theology, this book explores the realities of human existence articulated by religion. Religion, writes Robert Cummings Neville, articulates existential predicaments and provides venues for ecstatic fulfillment. Like its companion volumes treating ultimacy and religion, Existence advances a systematic philosophical theology to address first-order questions found in the array of Axial Age religions. Issues arising in the major religious traditions are explored through a complex array of philosophical approaches. This second volume shows religion to be the engagement of ultimate realities common to all human beings. Neville finds five problematics relative to ultimate boundary conditions of the human world: the contingency of existence, living under obligation, the quest for wholeness, engagement with others, and the meaning or value in life. Common to all human beings and hence religion, the engagement with realities is also historically and culturally bound, becoming simultaneously socially constructed religions. Readers will find Nevilles philosophical theology both bold and enlightening, running counter to dominant intellectual trends while richly informed by a long and fruitful engagement with theology, philosophy, and religion, East and West.
Focusing on the significance of Jesus within Christianity, this systematic theology explores various symbols associated with Him. It delves into the theological implications of these symbols, highlighting their relevance to the faith and understanding of Jesus' role. Through a detailed examination, the book aims to deepen readers' comprehension of Jesus' importance and the foundational beliefs surrounding His life and teachings.