Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion

FINE-TUNING ARGUMENT 90 the Hebrew patriarchs to the contem- porary kings of Europe. His other works include Freeholder’s Grand ...

91 FOUCAULT, MICHEL existence of God. These conclude that there is (1) a first mover, (2) a first efficient cause, (3) a necessa ...

FOUNDATIONALISM 92 and others seeking to expose implicit or disguised forms of control, repression, and development. His works i ...

FRIENDSHIP 93 FREE WILL DEFENSE. A term popular- ized by Alvin Plantinga for arguing that atheism is not entailed by the existen ...

FUNDAMENTALISM 94 a reflexive, reciprocal relationship (love or affection between friends is to be mutual), and one that is part ...

FUNDAMENTALISM 95 criticized by separatist fundamentalists for their compromising cooperation with others. The doctrine of inerr ...

96 G GADAMER, HANS-GEORG (1900– 2002). A German philosopher who drew attention to the irreplaceable value and importance of trad ...

97 GLANVILL, JOSEPH Gandhi believed that humans should not use violence because of their limited knowledge, and instead he encou ...

98 GNOSTICISM Platonists, including attacks on the per- ceived limits of scholasticism, an advocacy for Cartesian philosophy, an ...

GOSPEL 99 “God” is also understood differently in traditions that affirm the unity of God and nature. According to pantheism, Go ...

GOVERNMENT 100 Q (from Quelle, German for “source”). John’s gospel was written latter and varies significantly from the other th ...

GURU GRANTH SAHIB 101 Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus) and the younger brother of Basil and Macrina the Younger. It app ...

102 H HABERMAS, JÜRGEN (1929– ). An influential German philosopher and sociologist, Jürgen Habermas was born outside of Düsseldo ...

HEAVEN, CHRISTIAN CONCEPTION OF 103 HADITH. Sayings ascribed to the prophet Muhammad. The collection is considered the second mo ...

HEAVEN, NON-CHRISTIAN CONCEPTIONS OF 104 The prospect of enjoying such a relation- ship with God, as God intended all along, is ...

105 HEGEL, GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH is non-specific in early writings: there are references to earthly punishment for being disob ...

106 HEIDEGGER, MARTIN Hegel’s other works include Science of Logic (1812–1816), Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Ou ...

HELL, NON-CHRISTIAN CONCEPTIONS OF 107 authority, beauty, goodness, and the like, one’s obligation to honor God is likewise infi ...

HÉLOÏSE 108 avoided. Buddhism also acknowledges a place and function for nakara in its ideol- ogy, but it strongly emphasizes th ...

HERMENEUTICS 109 associated with the famous statement, attributed to Heraclitus, that it is not pos- sible to step in the same r ...