TEOLOGIA FILOSÓFICA E DIÁLOGO RELIGIOSO

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (134) ◽  
pp. 423
Author(s):  
Josef Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
The Self ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Rational Potential ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Universal Reason

Resumo: O diálogo entre as diversas concepções do mundo, hoje tão urgente, especialmente o diálogo com as religiões e entre as religiões, só poderá ter sucesso se os parceiros estiverem dispostos a e forem capazes de levar a sério uns aos outros no cerne de suas convicções. Já que se trata de convicções últimas que de per si contêm uma pretensão universal, a razão é o espaço comum de tal diálogo. O seu cultivo é tarefa da filosofia, que se torna neste caso um parceiro qualificado, porque a transcendência como tema das religiões é também seu objeto. É o que mostram os diferentes argumentos da transcendência elaborados na filosofia, que como demonstrações de Deus constituem a ponte para a religião. São argumentos nucleares da filosofia, já que neles a razão tematiza sua capacidade para superar em princípio seus limites. Os tipos particulares desses argumentos são maneiras intimamente relacionadas da autoexplicitação da razão universal. A dimensão da normatividade e da bondade que assim emerge leva ao problema da teodicéia com o qual a filosofia e a teologia são conjuntamente confrontadas. A respeito desse problema a fé cristã possui um potencial racional especial que tem intensificado nos últimos tempos o diálogo com o budismo.Abstract: The dialogue between the different conceptions of the world, so urgent nowadays, especially the religious dialogue and that between religions, can only succeed if partners are willing and able to take each other seriously, at the heart of their own convictions. As these ultimate convictions contain per se a universal claim, reason must be the common ground for such a dialogue. The task of philosophy, acting here as a qualified partner, is therefore to cultivate dialogue since transcendence is an object of study for both religions and philosophy. This is what the different arguments of transcendence, developed in philosophy, show. Their demonstrations of God serve as a bridge to religion. They are core philosophical arguments since it is through them that reason expresses its ability to overcome, in principle, its own limits. The particularities of these arguments are closely related to the self-explanation of the universal reason. The dimension of normativity and kindness that emerge, brings the problem of theodicy to which both philosophy and theology are confronted. Regarding this issue, the Christian faith has a rational potential that has recently favoured the dialogue with Buddhism.

scholarly journals Antara Selfie Dan Selfless: Sebuah Tinjauan Teologis Terhadap Tren Instagram

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-394
Author(s):  
Yudi Jatmiko
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Literary Research ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Se ◽  
God's Image

The emergence of Instagram has indisputably made the world full of pictures. Messages that are generally dominated by words have turned into a collection of colorful pictures on Instagram. Pictures have brought a world that is beyond words. On the other hand, many experts observe the destructive sides of Instagram. The pictures that are initially meant to reveal beauty have transformed into a means of self-fulfillment. Pictures have turned into a context where the self has become the center of the message and the world. In the Christian faith, this is fatal! A self-centered life is contradictory to the Christian nature as God’s image, which basically must center life on God. The question begs to answer: how should Christian respond to Instagram? This is the focus of the research. To answer the question above, using the methodology of phenomenology approach and literary research, I will explain the history and impacts of Instagram. After that, I will analyze it from the perspective of the Christian faith, especially those that are related to the philosophy undergirding Instagram. Finally, I believe Instagram is not evil per se. However, appropriate responses are needed to bring forth a clearer God’s image in the world that is full of pictures.

God and his Attributes

Gersonides ◽  
2010 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Seymour Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Existence Of God ◽  
Underlying Assumption ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Anselm Of Canterbury ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Religiously Based ◽  
Articles Of Faith ◽  
Basic Beliefs

This chapter explains how the existence of God is philosophically provable. It adopts the terminology of Thomas Aquinas about some of the basic beliefs of monotheistic religion. In attempting to delineate the distinct domain of theology, Aquinas distinguished between the “preambles of faith” and the “articles of faith.” This chapter analyzes the underlying assumption that human reason can prove and explain some of the basic beliefs of monotheistic religion. Not only does it discuss the common ground for philosophy and faith, but it explains monotheistic religions without religiously based assumptions. It describes the ontological proof of Anselm of Canterbury and points out various arguments about the world and how they cannot be explained without positing the existence of God.

A new chapter in the law of sexual harassment in Malaysia: The emergence of the torts of harassment and sexual harassment

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-207
Author(s):  
Abdul Majid ◽  
Sri Yogamalar ◽  
Audrey Kim Lan Siah ◽  
Jane L Y Terpstra-Tong ◽  
Luc Borrowman
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Common Law ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Per Se ◽  
The Law ◽  
First Time

In a landmark case in 2016, Malaysia’s apex court, the Federal Court, explicitly recognised for the first time, the common law tort of sexual harassment. Actually, the Federal Court did more than that; its recognition of the common law tort of sexual harassment is built on its recognising the common law tort of harassment. The recognition of the tort of harassment has escaped notice because attention has been concentrated on the tort of sexual harassment. This article analyses the Federal Court’s exposition of the tort of sexual harassment to reveal that the exegesis itself acknowledges the existence of the tort of harassment per se. The tort of harassment that the Federal Court sent out into the world is largely a creature of its English common law ancestry.

Mysticism as a Basis of Inter-Religious Dialogue

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Michael H. Mitias ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Mystical Experience ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Beliefs And Values ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
Transcendent Reality ◽  
The Common

Some philosophers and theologians have argued that God-centeredness cannot be a condition of inter-religious dialogue for at least four reasons. First, it is an existential fact that all religions tend to view the truth of their beliefs and values as absolute. Second, all religions are embedded in radically different cultural contexts; this kind of difference undercuts the possibility of inter-religious dialogue. Third, grounding all the religions in a transcendent reality relativizes their beliefs and values. Moreover, people worship “their” God, not a neutral reality. Fourth, it is difficult to ground all the religions in a transcendent, neutral realty. This paper critically evaluates these arguments and defends the proposition that the mystical experience provides a justifiable basis for the claim that the transcendent is not only a wealth of being but also an infinite wealth of being and that the same transcendent is “revealed” in the mystical experience which underlies all the major religions. The transcendent is the common ground on which all the religions stand in inter-religious dialogue qua religions.

Isomorphic Indicators in Theological and Psychological Science

1989 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray S. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Religious Experience ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
The Self ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
The Common ◽  
Science And Theology ◽  
Isomorphic Structure

The culture split between science and theology by which theology tends to abandon the concrete observable world to science, while science tends to dismiss questions of ontology (God), is presented as a framework within which to examine the preceding articles in this issue. The inadequacy of attempting to bridge this dichotomy by constructing a synthesis between psychology and theology on the common ground of religious experience is shown. An alternative approach to theology as having its focus on the interaction between the human self, others and God is presented, suggesting that a convergence between theology and psychology can be found in their common interest in the nature of the human self as being-in-becoming. This convergence is examined as an isomorphic structure where, despite different “ancestry,” theology and psychology attempt to explain and give meaning to human experience as grounded in being (ontology), experienced in a knowing way (epistemology), and open to change by the reality of transcendent being which moves the self toward goals which offer healing and hope (teleology).

The Difference between Lying and Misleading

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Stokke
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
What Is Said ◽  
Conversational Implicatures ◽  
The World ◽  
Question Under Discussion ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Prosodic Focus

The notions of what is said and assertion, as relative to questions under discussion, are used to provide an account of the lying-misleading distinction. The chapter argues that utterances are sometimes interpreted relative to the so-called Big Question, roughly paraphrased by “What is the world like?” This observation is shown to account for the fact that, when conveying standard conversational implicatures, what is asserted is likewise proposed for the common ground. The chapter applies the resulting account of the lying-misleading distinction to ways of lying and misleading with incomplete predicates, possessives, presuppositions, pronouns, and prosodic focus. A formal notion of contextual questionentailment is defined which shows when it is possible to mislead with respect to a question under discussion while avoiding outright lying.

Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak and the Knight of Faith by Kierkegaard: Common Ground

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Alla Radionova
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Women's Images ◽  
Boris Pasternak ◽  
Modern Culture ◽  
The World ◽  
Rational Thought ◽  
The Common ◽  
Moral Model

The article deals with the intertextual relationships of the novel «Doctor Zhivago» by B. Pasternak and the treatise «Fear and Trembling» by Søren-Kierkegaard. Pasternak mentioned Kierkegaard in his works and noted his great influence on modern culture. While Pasternak was working on the novel, he used the concept of chivalry, which was an allusion to Kierkegaard. In his treatise «the Knight of Faith» is a moral model that has overcome the fetters of rational thought and broken out of the temporary boundaries. S. Kierkegaard gives his description, which is directly related to the themes and motives associated with the image of Yuri Zhivago. Both Kierkegaard and Pasternak emphasize that the heroes of the high spirit merge with the human community, they cannot be distinguished from the general population with their private existences; the authors carefully contemplate the world around them, trying to penetrate into the very essence of each phenomenon, they differ in external carelessness with the utmost tension of the inner spiritual life. In their self-denial they renounce the most beloved, precious, valuable. Their love takes the form of religious veneration, and the beloved combines the temporal and the eternal, the earthly and the divine. They transfer the pain of double existence and the pain of loss into the realm of the spiritual, the creative, and the realm of memory. In the treatment of women's images in «Doctor Zhivago» Pasternak is equally focused on both Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky, between whom, in turn, there are many similarities. The common ground between the two texts proves the presence of purposeful inter-system interaction.

scholarly journals Existence and Needs: A case for the equal moral considerability of non-human animals

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Yamikani Ndasauka ◽  
Grivas M. Kayange
Keyword(s):  
Moral Status ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Hierarchy Of Needs ◽  
Abraham Maslow ◽  
Moral Considerability ◽  
The World ◽  
Common Foundation ◽  
The Common

This paper reflects on the question, “Is there a sound justification for the existential view that humans have a higher moral status than other animals?” It argues that the existential view that humans have a higher moral status than animals is founded on a weak and inconclusive foundation. While acknowledging various arguments raised for a common foundation between human and non-human animals, the paper attempts to establish a common ground for moral considerability of human and non-human animals. The first common foundation is based on the existential notion of being in the world, which is common for both human and non-human animals. The second idea is based on the common desire to actualize different needs. The paper demonstrates these common foundations by referring to Heidegger and Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.  

scholarly journals What Does a Mythopoetic Inquiry Look Like?

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Ruebsaat
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Art Making ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common

A Mythopoetic Inquiry is a narrative of the imagination which creates an alternate story to the dominant story (individually or collectively). We create the story as we are living it; writing the narrative at the same time as we are reading it to ourselves and the world. Creating a vision while seeing; an imaginative vision about what is and what can be. A mythopoetic inquiry has its own logic but also needs to connect to reality. Art making (and other creative activities), can be a bridge between imagination and reality; letting the art tell the story from that liminal place between the conscious and unconscious. It is important to consider that there are practical aspects of this imagining. As humans we have a shared imagination (myths and archetypes) that is the common ground of this imagining.

scholarly journals The aesthetics of participation.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Tekatch
Keyword(s):  
Natural World ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
The Self ◽  
Relevant Feature ◽  
Charles Olson ◽  
Interactive Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Stan Brakhage

"In this paper I would like to articulate a mode of perceptual participation, primarily an aesthetic mode, whereby humans enter into relation with the natural world around them. In order to elaborate on the mode of this participation I will draw examples from artists and thinkers that I believe have determined to make the notion of 'participation' an integral part of their work. The purpose of this paper is to situate my project in a larger tradition and theoretical framework. Over the last two years of study I have been drawn to a number of artists and thinkers who have influenced me a great deal. The common feature among them, or the relevant feature to me, has been the theme of the interaction between the self and the world, the organism and the environment, to use John Dewey's terminology, and how this interaction speaks of humanity's carnal and perceptual inherence in the world. Among these artists are Charles Olson, Jack Chambers and Stan Brakhage, and I would like to discuss their work in relation to this interactive process of self and world."--Pages 2-3.

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