Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy December 12‚ 2005 Take-Home Final In regards to Montaigne ’s statement on page 23 in Apology for Raymond Sebond‚ I would deduce that he was using the metaphor of nature and natural tendencies in opposition to man ’s vain‚ self-seeking façade that displaces God the creator. Montaigne ’s statement appears to (on the surface at least) value mans naturalistic tendencies and graces in a much better light than our own vain-striving presumptions that claim that
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Book Review for Psychology‚ Theology‚ and Spirituality in Christian Counseling: By Mark McMinn Ashley Lanier Liberty University Summary The main goal of this book is to act as a guide for the Christian counselor. The book is to help the counselor confronting the client and integrating Christianity to the session. The book helps counselor better assess their own spiritual needs as well as their clients. The book stresses the importance of implementing the bible into the lives of the Christian
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Why is natural law an inappropriate approach to ethics in the 21st century? Natural law‚ its critics claim‚ produces no certain knowledge. It is more often merely the rhetorical projection of whatever a person firmly believes but finds them self unable to prove. Appeals to natural law never solve moral conflict. People on the left and the right side of natural law come to conclusions that contradict each other on things such as marriage. Therefore it is better to find a clearer‚ more widely
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I assumed that the pursuit of happiness was goal everyone aimed at. It wasn’t till I read Bonhoeffer’s theology that I realized that some people are in the pursuit of unhappiness. In an excerpt from an unpublished novel that he wrote in prison‚ Bonhoeffer states the complexity of happiness and unhappiness. "Take care not to speak lightly of happiness and not to flirt with unhappiness!…It is not so easy to be unhappy‚ and may he who truly is not despise and revile him who is happy. Why would you take
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Summa Theologica – Thomas Aquinas Theology based on scripture Theology leaves people with the knowledge that leads to eternal happiness How reason‚ before faith‚ can know the existence of nature of God The existence of God can be established through the use of reason So far in this course we’ve seen platonic philosophy With Aquinas‚ we are seeing Aristotelian philosophy Avicenna d. 1037 Averroes d. 1198 Page 13 Whether existence of God is self-evident? NO. Self Evident: Predict is
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observation of the physical universe‚ reasoning and human conscience. Christians have used this term to describe the knowledge of God‚ which is plainly available to all mankind (McGrath‚ 2007). But what is general revelation when it comes to Theology? We live in a society full of questions; the internet has made it possible for many of the answers to be at our fingertips. It is purely logical that one might wonder what or who God is. General revelation is God making Himself known in a variety
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Introduction The first acts of sin takes place in Genesis 3: 1-24‚ The Fall of Man. God told Adam before Eve was created that he was not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Gen. 2:17) Further God warned that in the day he did eat fruit of that tree man would surely die. Satan tempted Eve; he took the form of a serpent. (Gen. 3:1) The serpent is described as being cleverer than any other animal of the field. This probably is why Satan chooses to take the form of a snake. Eve
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According to him‚ liberation theology is that God has shown and revealed Himself as the God of liberation. The God who was took the side of the oppressed‚ the exploited ones‚ the downtrodden‚ and the marginalised people. God sides concretely with the oppressed within the historical context of their struggle. He considered that the incarnation is a historical event that signals God’s determination to liberate humanity from oppression and dehumanisation. Liberation theology is a theological response
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EXPLORING THE ESSENTIALS INTRODUCTION “Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples‚ which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ‚ the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” The apostle John wrote these words stressing to his readers that by believing that Jesus was the Christ and the Son of God‚ they would receive eternal life. This statement could raise the question
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On October 31‚ A nervous young man named Martin Luther climbed up the cathedral’s stairs and nailed his ninety-five grievances against a corrupt church. Martin Luther’s defiance sparked off the Protestant Reformation‚ an event that forever turned the world upside down and changed the landscape of religion. At the same time‚ a bright eight-year-old child began his studies in classical philosophy; a study that involved in-depth studies in Plato and Aristotle. This child‚ John Calvin‚ became simply
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