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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... human life . " 12 Any number of other purple encomiums and condemnations of Franklin the religious thinker could be cited , but the pattern would hold . Some com- mentators read him as a deeply religious , even orthodox , thinker ...
... human life . " 12 Any number of other purple encomiums and condemnations of Franklin the religious thinker could be cited , but the pattern would hold . Some com- mentators read him as a deeply religious , even orthodox , thinker ...
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... humans can bestow on this deity is worldly activity that leads to commercial and social success . As Lawrence poi ... human nor divine nature can be captured by such a crudely self- serving model that oversimplifies as much as it ...
... humans can bestow on this deity is worldly activity that leads to commercial and social success . As Lawrence poi ... human nor divine nature can be captured by such a crudely self- serving model that oversimplifies as much as it ...
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... human spirit than Benjamin's " neat back garden . " " I believe , " says Lawrence , That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest . That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest . That gods , strange gods ...
... human spirit than Benjamin's " neat back garden . " " I believe , " says Lawrence , That I am I. That my soul is a dark forest . That my known self will never be more than a little clearing in the forest . That gods , strange gods ...
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Kerry S. Walters. came to foundational questions about human nature , values , and religious belief . To be human , the mature Franklin believed , is an often frightening busi- ness . It is to be torn between conflicting existential ...
Kerry S. Walters. came to foundational questions about human nature , values , and religious belief . To be human , the mature Franklin believed , is an often frightening busi- ness . It is to be torn between conflicting existential ...
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... human reason or emotion ; third , that humans therefore symbolically represent God to themselves in such a way as to establish some sort of contact with the divine . Franklin was too much a child of the Enlightenment to doubt the exist ...
... human reason or emotion ; third , that humans therefore symbolically represent God to themselves in such a way as to establish some sort of contact with the divine . Franklin was too much a child of the Enlightenment to doubt the exist ...
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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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