The Myth of religious neutrality : an essay on the hidden role of religious belief in theories / Roy A. Clouser.

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Clouser, Roy A

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TextPublication details: Notre Dame, IN : University of Notre Dame Press, c2005.Edition: rev. edDescription: x, 397 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780268023669

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BL 240.3 C625 2005

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Contents: 1. What is religion? 2. Types of religious belief - The basis for typing religions - The pagan type - The pantheistic type - The Biblical type - why think anything divine at all? 3. What is theory? 4. Theories and religion: the alternatives - Religious irrationalism - Religious rationalism - The radically Biblical position - Religious scholasticism - The conflict of these alternatives 5. The idea of religious control 6. Theories in Mathematics - The number-world theory - The theory of J.S. Mill - The theory of Russell - The theory of Dewey - What difference do such theories make? - The role of religion in these theories 7. Theories in Physics - Some misunderstanding to avoid - The theory of Mach - The theory of Einstein - The theory of Heisenberg - What difference do such theories make? - The role of religion in these theories 8. Theories in Psychology - The theories of Watson, Thorndike, and Skinner - The theories of Adler and Fromm - Human nature 9. The need for a new beginning - Why are theories unavoidably regulated some divinity belief? - A philosophical critique of reduction as a strategy for theories - A religious critique of reduction as a strategy for theories - The Cappadocian and reformational theological traditions - Replies to objections 10. A non-reductionist theory of reality - The project of non-reductionist theories - Some guiding principles - The framework of laws theory - The natures of things 11. A non-reductionist theory of society - Fact versus norm - Individualism versus collectivism - Parts and wholes - Sphere sovereignty 12. A non-reductionist theory of the state

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Contents:
1. What is religion?
2. Types of religious belief
- The basis for typing religions
- The pagan type
- The pantheistic type
- The Biblical type
- why think anything divine at all?
3. What is theory?
4. Theories and religion: the alternatives
- Religious irrationalism
- Religious rationalism
- The radically Biblical position
- Religious scholasticism
- The conflict of these alternatives
5. The idea of religious control
6. Theories in Mathematics
- The number-world theory
- The theory of J.S. Mill
- The theory of Russell
- The theory of Dewey
- What difference do such theories make?
- The role of religion in these theories
7. Theories in Physics
- Some misunderstanding to avoid
- The theory of Mach
- The theory of Einstein
- The theory of Heisenberg
- What difference do such theories make?
- The role of religion in these theories
8. Theories in Psychology
- The theories of Watson, Thorndike, and Skinner
- The theories of Adler and Fromm
- Human nature
9. The need for a new beginning
- Why are theories unavoidably regulated some divinity belief?
- A philosophical critique of reduction as a strategy for theories
- A religious critique of reduction as a strategy for theories
- The Cappadocian and reformational theological traditions
- Replies to objections
10. A non-reductionist theory of reality
- The project of non-reductionist theories
- Some guiding principles
- The framework of laws theory
- The natures of things
11. A non-reductionist theory of society
- Fact versus norm
- Individualism versus collectivism
- Parts and wholes
- Sphere sovereignty
12. A non-reductionist theory of the state

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