Dictionary of Philosophy of Religion

HIGHEST GOOD 110 Being and Time (1927), Hans-Georg Gad- amer’s Truth and Method (1960) and Phil- osophical Hermeneutics (1976), ...

HISTORY 111 Whether they follow a non-dual or a theistic form of Hinduism, many Hindus believe that a trinity of gods—Brahma, Vi ...

112 HOBBES, THOMAS human history in terms of creation, fall, and redemption. Hegel developed a spec- ulative account of history ...

HONOR 113 be holy is to be actively engaged in one’s own unique relationship with Christ. Twentieth-century theology featured a ...

114 HOOKER, RICHARD has become “obsolescent” (Peter Berger). Some philosophers (e.g., Marilyn Adams), impressed with the anthrop ...

HUMILITY 115 HUAYAN SCHOOL (a.k.a. HUA-YEN SCHOOL). The Huayan School of Mahayana Buddhism, known in Japan as the Kegon School, ...

HUMILITY 116 traditions as a state of character in which one compares oneself against God and finds oneself lacking. Such proper ...

HYLOMORPHISM 117 Other moral theorists, following Kant’s suggestion that the comparing of self to the other is more likely to be ...

118 I ICONS / ICONOCLASM. The term “icon” comes from the Greek eikon, meaning “image.” An icon is any image of a religious work, ...

IGNORANCE 119 facts on the basis of which to form moral judgments, and an affective awareness of all involved parties. One can a ...

ILLATIVE 120 undergo morally relevant suffering?). In such a case, a fisherman may be blameless if he is charged with intentiona ...

INCARNATION 121 who denied matter has a mind- independent existence. A thoroughgoing immaterialist denies that matter (and energ ...

INCOMMENSURABILITY 122 life of limited power and vulnerability, limited knowledge, and location. Some theologians do not posit a ...

INTERCESSION 123 useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). INSTRUMENTALISM. A p ...

INTUITION 124 petition God to confer a blessing or to do a good work on behalf of another person or people. In this case, a pers ...

ISLAM 125 Soren Kierkegaard employed irony to better articulate his arguments. Kierke- gaard wrote many of his works using pseud ...

126 J JAINISM. Also known as Jain Dharma, Jainism is a religion that originated in India toward the end of the Vedic period. Jai ...

127 JESUS and many different branches of Jainism, but most of them are associated with one of these two main sects. Jains are ex ...

128 JEW / JEWISH first century. He was Jewish but is not considered significant in Judaism. In Islam, Jesus (Isa) is considered ...

129 JUNG, CARL GUSTAV its reference has always been more broad, including activities such as the struggle to purify one’s heart, ...