Richard Swinburne

Revelation

From Metaphor to Analogy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Christianity and other religions claim that their books and creeds contain truths revealed by God. How can we know whether they do? Revelation investigates the claim of the Christian religion to have such revealed truths; and so considers which parts of the Bible are to be regarded as literal history, and which as metaphorical truth. This entirely rewritten second edition contains a long new chapter examining whether traditional Christian claims about personal morality (divorce, homosexuality, abortion, etc.) can be regarded as revealed truths.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• 2nd Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9780199212460
• ISBN-10: 0199212465
• Artikelnr.: 23081266

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
PART I: MEANING
1: Terminology
2: Presupposition
3: Analogy and Metaphor
4: Genre
PART II: EVIDENCE OF A REVELATION
5: The Need for Revelation
6: The Four Tests for a Revelation
PART III: THE CHRISTIAN REVELATION
7: The Original Revelation
8: The Church
9: Theological Definitions
10: The Bible
11: Moral Teaching
12: Conclusion
Appendix: Formalizing the Argument
Additional Notes
Concordance