Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion

BEAUTY 30 for its subversive criticism of human pretensions. BEAUTY. Beauty is a central object of interest for Platonists and a ...

31 BERDYAEV, NICOLAI ALEXANDROVICH beliefs on the grounds that if you believe something to be the case, it appears to you to be ...

32 BERGSON, HENRI creative community. Human beings share with God’s creative power and are called by God to be loving co-creator ...

33 BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS (1735), and Commonplace Book (1930). Berkeley had aspirations to build a theo- logical school in ...

34 BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ BHAGAVAD GĪTĀ. Sanskrit, gita + Bhagavat, “song of the blessed one.” The Bhagavad Gita is the most famous secti ...

35 BONAVENTURE, St BODHISATTVA. A Sanskrit term that, in Buddhism, refers to a being who is on the way to becoming a Buddha. Var ...

36 BONHEOFFER, DIETRICH of St. Francis of Assisi. According to Bonaventure, human beings possess innate ideas of God, virtue, an ...

37 BROAD, CHARLIE DUNBAR BRAHMAN. In Hinduism, Brahman is the ultimate reality, limitless and unchanging. Advaita Ve d a n t a t ...

38 BRUNNER, EMIL 2 vols. (1933–1938), Ethics and the His- tory of Philosophy (1952), Religion, Philos- ophy, and Psychical Resea ...

BUDDHISM 39 realized that one day he would become like these sights. He then encountered a monk and was impressed by the man’s p ...

40 BULTMANN, RUDOLF in reincarnation, skepticism about the substantial nature of persons existing over time, and either a denial ...

41 C CABALA. From the Hebrew, meaning the “received” or “traditional.” The Cabala is a varied set of teachings and literature th ...

CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS 42 Election, Limited Atonement, Irresistible Grace, and Perseverance of the Saints. CAMBRIDGE PLATONISTS. A ...

CATHOLIC / CATHOLICISM 43 when certain cases fall under general moral precepts involving prohibitions and requirements. CATEGORI ...

CAUSE, CAUSATION 44 CAUSE, CAUSATION. Causation is relevant in philosophy of religion in accounts of the cause of the cosmos its ...

CHRIST 45 may be used in reference to texts; acting on the principle leads one to interpret a text in the best light, revealing ...

CHRISTIANITY 46 “anointed one.” Although traditionally applied to Roman Emperors, it is now most commonly associated with Jesus ...

47 CLARKE, SAMUEL human influence. See also ABRAHAMIC FAITHS. CHRISTOLOGY. The study of Christ and his nature. A high Christolog ...

48 CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA cosmological argument for God’s exis- tence. He also defended Newton’s view of nature and God in a corr ...

49 CONDORCET, JEAN ANTOINE community in moral decision-making. A communitarian may address a moral dilemma about abortion or phy ...