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Zusatztext "King's book contributes uniquely to Anglo-American philosophy of religion. He suggests that it may not be a simple matter for God! if there is a God (an ambiguity he frequently mentions)! to provide a revelation experience to all humans. Rather! features in the created order might exist that can block or hinder forms of divine disclosure. Here the obstacles are not features of God! but rather are rooted in the human condition. [...]The types of obstacles to revelation range from emotional deficiencies to lack of cognitive skills. K.'s lucid and exacting analysis reflects the development of the Christian tradition from the Scriptures through the Church Fathers on into the medieval! Reformation! and modern eras. The obstacles to revelation lie in ourselves! and that is what makes the discipline of theology so exciting." -- Theological Studies Informationen zum Autor He is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology at Newman College (now Newman University College), Birmingham. He is currently engaged in research projects at both the University of Birmingham and the University of Aberdeen. Rolfe King is currently based at the University of Birmingham as an Honorary Lecturer engaged in research in philosophy of religion, as well as being a Research Associate at the Queen's Foundation in Birmingham. Klappentext A fascinating, philosophical approach to the concept of divine revelation, exploring the implications this theory may have for generating a new concept of religious truth. Zusammenfassung Applies a philosophical approach to examining the concept of divine revelation and explores the notion that it may not be a simple matter for God, if there is a God, to give revelation to human beings. This book argues that there are obstacles to divine revelation and that exploring these leads to a clarification of the idea of evidence for God. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: Initial Reflections 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Identifying our topic 1.3 Comments on method 1.4 Some key assumptions 1.5 Adjusting the focus 1.6 Some illustrations Chapter 2: The God of History? 2.1 Recording history 2.2 Revelation as history 2.3 Hermeneutics 2.4 Some general features of obstacles to revelation Chapter 3: Starting the Process 3.1 The Eden parable 3.2 Revelation and necessity 3.3 Analysing God's options 3.4 God's limited options 3.5 Evidence and the best plan 3.6 Some possible criticisms Chapter 4: Evidence and Direct Cognition of God 4.1 Some background 4.2 Internalism v. externamlism 4.3 Models of direct knowledge of the truth of testimony 4.4 Evaluation of the models Chapter 5: Knowledge and the Perception of God 5.1 Can God be perceived? 5.2 Language games and the name of God 5.3 Seeing the essence of God 5.4 Seeing the glory of God Chapter 6: Knowledge and Obstacles to Direct Cognition 6.1 Direct cognition: a summary 6.2 Plantinga and the maximum pace of revelation 6.3 Obstacles to direct cognition 6.4 Coherence rationality and union with God 6.5 A Theory of Knowledge 6.6 The Eden parable revisited Chapter 7: Major and Discreet Revelation 7.1 Great evidence 7.2 The "Gal" thought-experiment 7.3 Results and application 7.4 Obstacles to major revelation 7.5 Discreet revelation: the best strategy? Chapter 8: Eschatological Revelation 8.1 The parable of the Throne and the Seed 8.2 Judgment and revelation 8.3 Judgement and the vision of God 8.4 The general problem of special revelation Chapter 9: Divine Hiddenness 9.1 A third factor 9.2 The choice to hide 9.3 Obstacles or hiding? 9.4 Apophatic theology Chapter 10: The Necessary Structure of Revelation 10.1 The s...
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He is an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was formerly Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theology at Newman College (now Newman University College), Birmingham. He is currently engaged in research projects at both the University of Birmingham and the University of Aberdeen.
Rolfe King is currently based at the University of Birmingham as an Honorary Lecturer engaged in research in philosophy of religion, as well as being a Research Associate at the Queen's Foundation in Birmingham.
