| Author: | ISBN: | 9781118321683 | |
| Publisher: | Wiley | Publication: | July 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781118321683 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Publication: | July 20, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Language: | English |
Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.
- Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figures
- Overturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passion
- Presents original and innovative research on the importance of the late-19th century creation of the category of ‘emotion’, and its striking difference from classic ideas of passion
- Brings together secular science and philosophy of emotion with philosophical theology to seek a new integration of belief, emotion and reason
Faith, Rationality and the Passions presents a fresh and original examination of the relation of religious faith, philosophical rationality and the passions. Contributions see leading scholars refute the widely-held belief that religious Enlightenment forced passion and reason apart.
- Leading Philosophical experts offer new research on the relation of faith, reason and the passions in classic and Enlightenment figures
- Overturns the widely-held presumption that the Enlightenment was responsible for creating a gulf between reason and passion
- Presents original and innovative research on the importance of the late-19th century creation of the category of ‘emotion’, and its striking difference from classic ideas of passion
- Brings together secular science and philosophy of emotion with philosophical theology to seek a new integration of belief, emotion and reason
