The Open Secret A New Vision for Natural Theology.

The Open Secret A New Vision for Natural Theology.

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Main Author: McGrath, Alister E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011
Series:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER 1 Natural Theology: Introducing an Approach
  • "Nature" is an Indeterminate Concept
  • Natural Theology is an Empirical Discipline
  • A Christian Natural Theology Concerns the Christian God
  • A Natural Theology is Incarnational, Not Dualist
  • Resonance, Not Proof: Natural Theology and Empirical Fit
  • Beyond Sense-Making: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful
  • PART I The Human Quest for the Transcendent: The Context of Natural Theology
  • CHAPTER 2 The Persistence of the Transcendent
  • Natural Theology and the Transcendent
  • The Triggers of Transcendent Experiences
  • The Transcendent and Religion
  • CHAPTER 3 Thinking About the Transcendent: Three Recent Examples
  • Iris Murdoch: The Transcendent and the Sublime
  • Roy Bhaskar: The Intimation of Meta-Reality
  • John Dewey: The Curious Plausibility of the Transcendent
  • CHAPTER 4 Accessing the Transcendent: Strategies and Practices
  • Ascending to the Transcendent from Nature
  • Seeing the Transcendent Through Nature
  • Withdrawing from Nature to Find the Transcendent Within Oneself
  • Discerning the Transcendent in Nature
  • CHAPTER 5 Discernment and the Psychology of Perception *
  • Perception is Brain-Based
  • Perception Involves Dynamic Mental Structures
  • Perception is Egocentric and Enactive
  • Perception Pays Attention to Significance
  • Perception Can Be Modulated by Motivation and Affect
  • Human Perception and Natural Theology
  • Conclusion to Part I
  • PART II The Foundations of Natural Theology: Ground-Clearing and Rediscovery
  • CHAPTER 6 The Open Secret: The Ambiguity of Nature
  • The Mystery of the Kingdom: Jesus of Nazareth and the Natural Realm
  • The Levels of Nature: The Johannine "I am" Sayings
  • Gerard Manley Hopkins on "Seeing" Nature
  • CHAPTER 7 A Dead End? Enlightenment Approaches to Natural Theology
  • The Enlightenment and its Natural Theologies: Historical Reflections
  • The Multiple Translations and Interpretations of the "Book of Nature"
  • The Flawed Psychological Assumptions of the Enlightenment
  • The Barth-Brunner Controversy (1934) and Human Perception
  • Enlightenment Styles of Natural Theology: Concluding Criticisms
  • CHAPTER 8 A Christian Approach to Natural Theology
  • On "Seeing" Glory: The Prologue to John's Gospel
  • A Biblical Example: The Call of Samuel
  • The Christian Tradition as a Framework for Natural Theology
  • Natural Theology and a Self-Disclosing God
  • Natural Theology and an Analogy Between God and the Creation
  • Natural Theology and the Image of God
  • Natural Theology and the Economy of Salvation
  • Natural Theology and the Incarnation
  • Conclusion to Part II
  • PART III Truth, Beauty, and Goodness: An Agenda for a Renewed Natural Theology
  • CHAPTER 9 Truth, Beauty, and Goodness: Expanding the Vision for Natural Theology
  • CHAPTER 10 Natural Theology and Truth
  • Resonance, Not Proof: Natural Theology and Sense-Making

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