Faith and freedom : an interfaith perspective / David Burrell.
Series: Challenges in contemporary theologyPublication details: Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2004. Description: xxi, 266 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 140512170X (hardcover : alk. paper); 1405121718 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Philosophical theology | Creation -- Comparative studies | Liberty -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studiesDDC classification: 231 LOC classification: BT55 | .B87 2004Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations |
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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.