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Beschreibung
"This book is essential reading for those interested in the imagination, epistemology, naturalism, and the philosophy of religion." - Charles Taliaferro, Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, Minnesota

The role of imagination in psychology, ethics and aesthetics provides a good analogy for thinking about the imagination in religious belief. in dealing with the inner lives of other human beings, moral values or aesthetic qualities we need to employ the imagination: to suppose, form hypotheses, empathize or imaginatively engage with alien people or worlds in order to understand. Just as we use the imagination to relate to other minds, appreciate beauty and understand goodness, we need imagination to engage with God's action in the world.
"This book is essential reading for those interested in the imagination, epistemology, naturalism, and the philosophy of religion." - Charles Taliaferro, Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, Minnesota

The role of imagination in psychology, ethics and aesthetics provides a good analogy for thinking about the imagination in religious belief. in dealing with the inner lives of other human beings, moral values or aesthetic qualities we need to employ the imagination: to suppose, form hypotheses, empathize or imaginatively engage with alien people or worlds in order to understand. Just as we use the imagination to relate to other minds, appreciate beauty and understand goodness, we need imagination to engage with God's action in the world.
Über den Autor
Douglas Hedley
Zusammenfassung
This book provides a fascinating contribution to the understanding of philosophical imagination and its application to theology.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgements

Prologue

1. Religion, Romanticism and Imagining Modernity

2. The Creative Imagination

3. The Experience of God: Poetry, Enchantment and the Mood of Ecstatic Imagination

4. Religion: Fantasy, or Legitimate Longing?

5. The Problem of Metaphysics

6. Myths, Dreams and Other Stories

7. Inspired Images, Angels and the Imaginal World

8. Social Imaginary

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index of Subjects

Index of Names
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780567032959
ISBN-10: 0567032957
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Hedley, Douglas
Hersteller: Continnuum-3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Douglas Hedley
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.02.2008
Gewicht: 0,488 kg
Artikel-ID: 132427857