Divine Presence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Presence write by Knut Alfsvag. This book was released on 2021-09-09. Divine Presence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Theology should be at home both in the academy and in the church. This book takes such dual affiliation seriously and lets the two different contexts illuminate each other. It explores how we should understand theology within the context of the current debate on theory of science and discusses the methodological implications of belief in God as Creator and in the incarnation. The first part of the book concludes by examining the consequences of theology’s dual affiliation for the self-understanding of believers in general and theologians in particular. The second part deals with four different sources of theological knowledge and their relation to each other: the Bible, the history of the church, experience, and reason. Among the central issues are the status of the Bible in contemporary theology, the unity of the church, and the relationship between theology and the natural sciences. The central question is: where do we experience divine presence?
Between Heaven and Earth
Between Heaven and Earth - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Heaven and Earth write by John F. Kutsko. This book was released on 2000. Between Heaven and Earth available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How is Yahweh to be differentiated from other deities? What is Yahweh's relationship to Israel in exile?".
Divine Presence amid Violence
Divine Presence amid Violence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Divine Presence amid Violence write by Walter Brueggemann. This book was released on 2009-02-11. Divine Presence amid Violence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. To pursue the matter of revelation in context, I will address an exceedingly difficult text in the Old Testament, Joshua 11. The reason for taking up this text is to deal with the often asked and troublesome question: What shall we do with all the violence and bloody war that is done in the Old Testament in the name of Yahweh? The question reflects a sense that these texts of violence are at least an embarrassment, are morally repulsive, and are theologically problematic in the Bible, not because they are violent, but because this is violence either in the name of or at the hand of Yahweh. -from chapter 2
The Practice of the Presence of God (操練神的同在)
The Practice of the Presence of God (操練神的同在) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Practice of the Presence of God (操練神的同在) write by Brother Lawrence. This book was released on 2011-10-15. The Practice of the Presence of God (操練神的同在) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Illusion of God's Presence
The Illusion of God's Presence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Illusion of God's Presence write by John C. Wathey. This book was released on 2016. The Illusion of God's Presence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An essential feature of religious experience across many cultures is the intuitive feeling of God's presence. More than any rituals or doctrines, it is this experience that anchors religious faith, yet it has been largely ignored in the scientific literature on religion.Starting with a vivid narrative account of the life-threatening hike that triggered his own mystical experience, biologist John Wathey takes the reader on a scientific journey to find the sources of religious feeling and the illusion of God's presence. His book delves into the biological origins of this compelling feeling, attributing it to innate neural circuitry that evolved to promote the mother-child bond. Dr. Wathey argues that evolution has programmed the infant brain to expect the presence of a loving being who responds to the child's needs. As the infant grows into adulthood, this innate feeling is eventually transferred to the realm of religion, where it is reactivated through the symbols, imagery, and rituals of worship. The author interprets our various conceptions of God in biological terms as illusory supernormal stimuli that fill an emotional and cognitive vacuum left over from infancy. These insights shed new light on some of the most vexing puzzles of religion, like the popular belief in a god who is judgmental and punishing, yet also unconditionally loving; the extraordinary tenacity of faith; the greater religiosity of women relative to men; religious obsessions with sex; the mysterious compulsion to pray; the seemingly irrepressible feminine attributes of God, even in traditionally patriarchal religions; and the strange allure of cults. Finally, Dr. Wathey considers the hypothesis that religion evolved to foster reproductive success, arguing that, in an age of potentially ruinous overpopulation, magical thinking has become a luxury we can no longer afford, one that distracts us from urgent threats to our planet.Deeply researched yet elegantly written in a jargon-free and accessible style, this book presents a compelling interpretation of the evolutionary origins of spirituality and religion.
