| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Ashgate studies in the history of philosophical theology |
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Ashgate studies in the history of philosophical theology.
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| Contents |
From faith and reason to fideism : Raymond Lull, Raimundus Sabundus, and Michel de Montaigne -- Nicholas of Cusa and Pythagorean theology -- Giordano Bruno's philosophy of religion -- Coluccio Salutati : hermeneutics of humanity -- Humanism applied to language, logic and religion : Lorenzo Valla -- Georgios Gemistos Plethon : from paganism to Christianity and back -- Marsilio Ficino's philosophical theology -- Giovanni Pico against popular platonism -- Tommaso Campanella : God makes sense in the world -- Francisco Suárez : scholastic and platonic ideas of God -- Epilogue : conflicting truth claims |
| Summary |
The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth claims which were equal in strength and different in contents. Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature, contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of Renaissance authors, including Lull, Saluta |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-204) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy -- History
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy
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philosophie de la religion -- Renaissance.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2009043766 |
| ISBN |
9781409402626 |
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1409402622 |
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