Benjamin Franklin and His GodsUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - Počet stran: 213 Against the religious backdrop of pre- and postcolonial America stands the towering figure--and mind--of Benjamin Franklin. A Renaissance man in a Revolutionary time, Franklin had interests and knowledge not only in religion but in literature, philosophy, politics, publishing, history, and scientific inquiry, among many other disciplines. Kerry S. Walters examines Franklin's search for the Divine using a similar, multifaceted approach--and in so doing has created the first extended treatment of Franklin's religious thought in thirty years. Walters brings the same intellectual range and depth to the understanding of Franklin's beliefs that Franklin brought to his own quest. What emerges from this pilgrimage into the soul of one of America's greatest figures is a very human Benjamin Franklin who grew with the accumulation of knowledge to arrive at a "theistic perspectivism," which provided him with a philosophical explanation for the diversity of religious faiths--and a justification for the liberty of conscience he advocated throughout his life. Benjamin Franklin and His Gods is an original and beautifully challenging spiritual and intellectual biography. Destined to be a classic. |
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... Cause , he nev- er slipped over the edge into outright atheism . Even at the enthusiastic high point of his naturalism , Franklin unequivocally expressed his belief in the existence of a Supreme Architect that establishes and ultimately ...
... Cause , he nev- er slipped over the edge into outright atheism . Even at the enthusiastic high point of his naturalism , Franklin unequivocally expressed his belief in the existence of a Supreme Architect that establishes and ultimately ...
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... Cause , the aloof and impersonal Originator and Sustain- er of law - bound physical reality . But he was also too much a child of the Chris- tian ethos to derive comfort from such a distant First Cause . For Franklin , the human spirit ...
... Cause , the aloof and impersonal Originator and Sustain- er of law - bound physical reality . But he was also too much a child of the Chris- tian ethos to derive comfort from such a distant First Cause . For Franklin , the human spirit ...
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... Cause , the moral improvement of humankind , and the infusion of meaning into individual lives . All religious perspectives , then , insofar as they aim at the same end , contain the potential for both instruction and edification . Not ...
... Cause , the moral improvement of humankind , and the infusion of meaning into individual lives . All religious perspectives , then , insofar as they aim at the same end , contain the potential for both instruction and edification . Not ...
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... Cause , but it also salvaged his emotional need for a per- sonal relationship with a benevolent and loving deity by positing the symbol- ic reality of more approachable gods . Franklin's great insight served as the nucleus around which ...
... Cause , but it also salvaged his emotional need for a per- sonal relationship with a benevolent and loving deity by positing the symbol- ic reality of more approachable gods . Franklin's great insight served as the nucleus around which ...
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... Cause , can be ecumenically agreed on . Individuals of all faiths can profit from the cultivation of virtue , because such an endeavor helps to achieve a healthy equilibrium between the existential polarities definitive of the human ...
... Cause , can be ecumenically agreed on . Individuals of all faiths can profit from the cultivation of virtue , because such an endeavor helps to achieve a healthy equilibrium between the existential polarities definitive of the human ...
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Between Worlds | 17 |
A False Start | 43 |
The Great Insight | 67 |
A Comfortable Belief | 96 |
Taming Wolves | 113 |
Sugar and Paper | 130 |
Notes | 153 |
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