Faith and freedom : an interfaith perspective /
Burrell, David B.
Faith and freedom : an interfaith perspective / David Burrell. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. - xxi, 266 p. ; 23 cm. - Challenges in contemporary theology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distinguishing God from the world -- The unknowability of God in Al-Ghazali -- Why not pursue the metaphor of artisan and view God's knowledge as practical? -- Maimonides, Aquinas and Gersonides on providence and evil -- Aquinas' debt to Maimonides -- Creation and "actualism" : the dialectical dimension of philosophical theology -- Aquinas and Scotus : contrary patterns for philosophical theology -- From analogy of "being" to the analogy of being -- The challenge to Medieval Christian philosophy : relating Creator to creatures -- Freedom and creation in the Abrahamic traditions -- Al-Ghazali on created freedom -- Creation, will and knowledge in Aquinas and Duns Scotus -- God, religious pluralism, and dialogic encounter -- The Christian distinction celebrated and expanded -- Incarnation and creation : the hidden dimension -- Assessing statements of faith : Augustine and Etty Hillesum.
140512170X (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405121718 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004003094
Philosophical theology.
Creation--Comparative studies.
Liberty--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
BT55 / .B87 2004
231
Faith and freedom : an interfaith perspective / David Burrell. - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. - xxi, 266 p. ; 23 cm. - Challenges in contemporary theology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distinguishing God from the world -- The unknowability of God in Al-Ghazali -- Why not pursue the metaphor of artisan and view God's knowledge as practical? -- Maimonides, Aquinas and Gersonides on providence and evil -- Aquinas' debt to Maimonides -- Creation and "actualism" : the dialectical dimension of philosophical theology -- Aquinas and Scotus : contrary patterns for philosophical theology -- From analogy of "being" to the analogy of being -- The challenge to Medieval Christian philosophy : relating Creator to creatures -- Freedom and creation in the Abrahamic traditions -- Al-Ghazali on created freedom -- Creation, will and knowledge in Aquinas and Duns Scotus -- God, religious pluralism, and dialogic encounter -- The Christian distinction celebrated and expanded -- Incarnation and creation : the hidden dimension -- Assessing statements of faith : Augustine and Etty Hillesum.
140512170X (hardcover : alk. paper) 1405121718 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2004003094
Philosophical theology.
Creation--Comparative studies.
Liberty--Religious aspects--Comparative studies.
BT55 / .B87 2004
231