Christian philosophy

If one was to stop and think about humanism, they could narrow it down to considering it a philosophy, a religion, or maybe even both. Humanism is a view that think that human needs are more important than supernatural needs. After a small time of research, humanism should be considered a philosophy. Humanism cannot be a religion, because every religion has a god. Some may think, “Well what about atheism or agnosticism?” Atheism and agnosticism is not a religion. Atheists do not believe in…

Apart from the differences in culture, race or religion, all men the same questions about their own identity, their origin, their destination, the existence of evil, the enigma that follows death arises. That is, find an ultimate truth that gives meaning to your life. For much of the current thinking, however, it is a wild goose chase, for man would be unable to reach the truth. This is the starting point that has given rise to the thirteenth encyclical of John Paul II, which was…

Dr. Mark W. Foreman warns Christians in Prelude to Philosophy to avoid the extreme case of disregarding the Bible when “doing philosophy” (94). He points out that some individuals maintain the necessity of abandoning “convictions, presuppositions and worldviews [in order to] adopt a position of neutrality in doing philosophy” (Foreman 94). According to Dr. Foreman, the individuals advocating absolute neutrality contend that a view should only be accepted “after examining all possible views from…

themselves in ways they may not have within differing circumstances. Less than forty-eight hours ago, I noticed a post which revealed an alarming indicator of the reformational perspective of interaction between the Christian faith and secular society. Someone posed the question, “Why is it okay for games to go into overtime, but if church goes over, then it is not?” Someone replied by saying, “Because they operate in entirely different spheres of our culture. Apples and oranges here, bud.” Such…

social Anthropologist that was known for relating Moral Philosophy and Religion systematically with Social Behavior. He was distinctly Humanist, associating with the ideas of structural-functionalism and cultural translation.“The Notion of Witchcraft Explains Unfortunate Events” In this article Evans-Pritchard is breaking down the Azande’s philosophy on Witchcraft. This is so he can understand the rationality that is behind such a philosophy even though these are intelligent people. The purpose…

so greatly. Christian deontological ethics, Kantian deontological ethics, and consequentialist ethics all have individual ways of assigning moral value to actions. In Aeschylus’ tragedy Prometheus Bound, Prometheus steals fire from the Gods to save humanity and bring them a better life. Because the wrongness of his theft conflicts with the goodness of its benefits, Prometheus’ actions can have vastly different moral interpretations based on the ethical philosophy applied. Christian…

World History and Philosophy: Final Paper INTRODUCTION In the beginning, man had thoughts. He had a view of the world and he had God to walk alongside him and shape his ideas. However, there would come a time where God would no longer come down to speak directly to man and his heart. Looking through history, one can see that men began to have new and different ideas. Man began to try to make sense of the world, of his feelings, and of God. Philosophy was born. Some men strove for the same…

American writer, has covered quite a bit of ground in her body of work. She focuses on the South, exploring its cultural norms and social dynamics. But all her forays into life in the Post-Bellum South center around one thing: God. O’Connor works Christian values (or the lack thereof) into nearly all of her stories, especially the ones we have read in class. The author is committed to a very particular strain of Catholicism, and seems to dole out punishment to those characters who do not share…

Aristotle was a synoptic thinker with an over-arching theory that tied together all aspects and fields of philosophy. He elaborates a logic that is designed to describe what exists in the world. Ancient commentators regarded logic as a widely applicable method for careful thinking. They grouped Aristotles six logical treatises into a sort of manual they called…

beginning of our book we learned about what philosophy means, the ultimate aim of philosophy, and we learned about critical thinking. Philosophy is “the love or pursuit of wisdom” (p5). After learning a good way to describe philosophy, we met a female philosopher named Perictione. She believed humanity exists in order to contemplate the principle of the nature of the whole (p5). Moving on to the ultimate aim of philosophy, we learn some of the goals of philosophy. A couple of these goals…