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21Daniel A. Dombrowski, Rethinking the Ontological Argument: A Neoclassical Theistic Response: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006, 172 pp, Hb, US$ 70.00 (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 62 (3): 171-172. 2007.
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20David Ray Griffin, Reenchantment without Supernaturalism: A Process Philosophy of Religion (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 52 (2): 119-121. 2002.
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19The Open Future: Why Future Contingents Are All False, by Patrick Todd (review)Process Studies 52 (2): 285-291. 2023.
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18Charles Hartshorne and the Existence of GodState University of New York Press. 1985.In a lucid and comprehensive study, Professor Viney presents an excellent critical analysis of Hartshorne's thought about God.
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15Charles Hartshorne: Neoclassical Metaphysics Charles Hartshorne was an intrepid defender of the claims of metaphysics in a century characterized by its anti-metaphysical genius. While many influential voices were explaining what speculative philosophy could not accomplish or even proclaiming an end to it, Hartshorne was trying to show what speculative philosophy could accomplish. Metaphysics, he … Continue reading Hartshorne, Charles: Neoclassical Metaphysics →.
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15Practicing Safe Sects: Religious Reproduction in Scientific and Philosophical Perspective by F. LeRon ShultsAmerican Journal of Theology and Philosophy 41 (2): 199-203. 2020.Behind the playful title of this book there is a serious theory about the origin of religions, as well as an argument concerning their usefulness and the truth claims they make. Anyone familiar with Shults's work will recognize this book as a companion to his Theology after the Birth of God—and, to a lesser extent, Iconoclastic Theology: Gilles Deleuze and the Secretion of Atheism—repeating the basic argument but adding an avalanche of more recent research, engaging some different interlocutors,…Read more
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14Eugene Thomas Long (ed.), God, Reason and Religions: New Essays in the Philosophy of Religion (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 42 (3): 187-189. 1997.
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14The first issue of the International Journal for the Philosophy of Religion appeared in the Spring, 1970. This collection of essays is presented in cele bration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the journal. Contributors to the volume are to be counted among today's leading philosophers of religion. They represent different approaches to the philosophical consideration of religion and their published work is helping shape discussions of the philos ophy of religion as we approach the beginning o…Read more
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13Nature, Truth, and Value: Exploring the Thinking of Frederick Ferrz (edited book)Lexington Books. 2005.In this thorough compendium, nineteen accomplished scholars explore, in some manner the values they find inherent in the world, their nature, and revelence through the thought of Frederick Ferré. These essays, informed by the insights of Ferré and coming from manifold perspectives—ethics, philosophy, theology, and environmental studies, advance an ambitious challenge to current intellectual and scholarly fashions
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12Something Unheard Of: The Unparalleled Legacy of Jules LequyerProcess Studies 51 (2): 143-168. 2022.This article examines the thought of the nineteenth-century French thinker Jules Lequyer, who influenced Charles Renouvier, William James, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Charles Hartshorne, who never ceased to promote Lequyer's importance, refers to the Frenchman in all but five of his twenty-one books. Lequyer is especially noteworthy because of his philosophical defense of human freedom against any sort of determinism.
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10Book Review: J. Harley Chapman and Nancy K. Frankenberry (eds.),Interpreting Neville (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 53 (2): 123-125. 2003.
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8Richard Rice. The Future of Open Theism: From Antecedents to Opportunities (review)Process Studies 50 (2): 276-283. 2021.
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8Comments on Mason Marshall's "Democracy in Plato's RepublicSouthwest Philosophy Review 25 (2): 15-18. 2009.
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8Charles Hartshorne: Dipolar Theism From the beginning to the end of his career Charles Hartshorne maintained that the idea that “God is love” was his guiding intuition in philosophy. This “intuition” presupposes both that there is a divine reality and that that reality answers to some positive description of being a loving God. This article … Continue reading Hartshorne, Charles : Dipolar Theism →.
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7Gijsbert van den Brink and Marcel Sarot (eds.), Understanding the Attributes of God [Contributions to Philosophical Theology, volume 1] (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 48 (2): 123-125. 2000.
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7God Almighty and God All-LovingProcess Studies 45 (2): 176-198. 2016.Griffin’s book contributes to the literature of cumulative arguments for God’s existence, revealing the deficiencies of the “God Almighty” of traditional theism (i.e., Gawd) and the strengths of a Whiteheadian process theism (i.e., God). Since the concept of omnipotence is central, it is imperative to note that there are three ideas of divine power in traditional theism, not always carefully parsed by Griffin. Evolutionary theory requires rethinking theism, but, contrary to Griffin, many of the …Read more
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7Book Review: Joseph A. Bracken, S. J. The One in the Many: A Contemporary Reconstruction of the God-World Relationship. Forward by Philip Clayton. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2001. 234 pp. $22.00 (review)International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 59 (1): 69-71. 2006.
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7Lequyer (Lequier), JulesInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. forthcoming.Jules Lequyer (Lequier) (1814—1862) Like Kierkegaard, Jules Lequyer (Luh-key-eh) resisted, with every philosophical and literary tool at his disposal, the monistic philosophies that attempt to weave human choice into the seamless cloth of the absolute. Although haunted by the suspicion that freedom is an illusion fostered by an ignorance of the causes working within us, he […]
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7Charles Hartshorne: Biography and Psychology of Sensation Charles Hartshorne is widely regarded as having been an important figure in twentieth century metaphysics and philosophy of religion. His contributions are wide-ranging. He championed the aspirations of metaphysics when it was unfashionable, and the metaphysic he championed helped change some of the fashions of philosophy. He counted … Continue reading Hartshorne: Biography and Psychology of Sensation →.
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6The Zero Fallacy and Other Essays in Neoclassical Philosophy (review)Process Studies 25 117-120. 1996.
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5Charles Hartshorne: Theistic and Anti-Theistic Arguments Charles Hartshorne is well known in philosophical circles for his rehabilitation of Anselm’s ontological argument. Indeed, he may have written more on that subject than any other philosopher. He considered it to be the argument that, more than any other, reveals the logical status of theism. Nevertheless, he always … Continue reading Hartshorne Theistic and Anti-Theistic Arguments →.
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Religion |
19th Century Philosophy |