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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... attempts such as these to elevate Franklin to the status of Christian prophet reflect the minority opinion . Much more prevalent is the contrary one that he was a disbeliever in Christianity - or , what often amounted to the same thing ...
... attempts such as these to elevate Franklin to the status of Christian prophet reflect the minority opinion . Much more prevalent is the contrary one that he was a disbeliever in Christianity - or , what often amounted to the same thing ...
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... attempts illuminate , although dimly and indirectly , certain key features of his position . The trees are there for anyone to see , even if their precise pattern tends to be obfuscated by their density and range . Two twentieth ...
... attempts illuminate , although dimly and indirectly , certain key features of his position . The trees are there for anyone to see , even if their precise pattern tends to be obfuscated by their density and range . Two twentieth ...
Strana 8
... attempt to reach a happy compromise between two poles . Ironically , however , the strategy exacerbated rather than mitigated the tension , and Franklin's religious beliefs continued until his death to waver between Calvinist and ...
... attempt to reach a happy compromise between two poles . Ironically , however , the strategy exacerbated rather than mitigated the tension , and Franklin's religious beliefs continued until his death to waver between Calvinist and ...
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... attempted to marry disparate elements from Calvinism on the one hand and deism on the other , he never rested con- tent with a mechanical conjunction of the two . Rather , he sought a unifying principle that would serve as a catalyst ...
... attempted to marry disparate elements from Calvinism on the one hand and deism on the other , he never rested con- tent with a mechanical conjunction of the two . Rather , he sought a unifying principle that would serve as a catalyst ...
Strana 10
... attempts to represent the deity to finite minds in such a way as to overcome , at least to some extent , the alienating distance between them . These representations are historically and culturally bound - hence my uniform use of ΙΟ ...
... attempts to represent the deity to finite minds in such a way as to overcome , at least to some extent , the alienating distance between them . These representations are historically and culturally bound - hence my uniform use of ΙΟ ...
Obsah
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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