Willemien Otten

Thinking Nature and the Nature of Thinking

From Eriugena to Emerson

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Produktbeschreibung

Revisiting the history of Western religious thought and the role of nature and creation therein, this book paves the way for a new natural theology by bringing medieval theologian John the Scot Eriugena into conversation with American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781503606708
• ISBN-10: 1503606708
• Artikelnr.: 57163375

Autorenporträt

Willemien Otten is Professor of the History of Christianity and Theology at the University of Chicago Divinity School, where she serves as the Director of the Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Thinking Nature.(and the Nature of Thinking)
1. Thinking Nature in Eriugena and Emerson
2. Panchristology and the Liturgical Cosmos of Maximus the Confessor
3. Creation and the Hexaemeron in Augustine
Postscript to Part One
4. Nature as Dispositive Thought in Schleiermacher's Speeches on Religion
5. William James and the Science of Religious Selfhood
Conclusion: (Thinking Nature). and the Nature of Thinking

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