Religion and reality
Subtitle: an exploration of contemporary metaphysical systems, theologies, and religious pluralism
By: Darren Iammarino
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781620322444
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Religion; Philosophy; Religions; Metaphysik; Religiöser Pluralismus; Religionsphilosophie; Metaphysics; Religious pluralism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Five possible global metaphysical systems for the twenty-first century. Cobb and Griffin's conception of three religious ultimates; title: Four additional contenders for a twenty-first-century global metaphysical system; title: pt. II. Cosmosyntheism: a new option. The five mutually grounding ultimates and cosmosyntheism's nine key advancements; title: The forms; title: The dipolar deity; title: A world/cosmos; title: Creativity/eros; title: The plane of mutual immanence; title: The logical inconsistencies of all other possible combinations; title: pt. III. Cosmosyntheism vs. the five rival contenders: assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each system. Free will; title: Conflicting religious truth claims part 1; title: Conflicting religious truth claims part 2; title: The problem of evil; title: pt. IV. Implications and applications of cosmosyntheism. Ethics; title: Appendix. Cosmosyntheism and applied or practical religion; title: Final meditations.