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MACKEY, James was born on February 9, 1934 in Ireland. Son of Peter Mackey and Esther Morrissey.
(Examining religion in the context of modern atheism, Jame...)
Examining religion in the context of modern atheism, James Mackey argues that modern Christian apologists have neglected the positive and humanistic visions of Hegel and his followers while trying to combat 20th-century materialism with ineffectual arguments: "proofs" of God's existence, historical evidence for miracles, and doctrines imposed by authorities. Mackey explores a more promising direction in modern theology by insisting on a closer attention to those philosophers who promote the natural religious instinct of humankind. Innovative and persuasive, this book confronts the crucial questions of our time and paves the way for a new philosophy of the spirit.
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(In the conventional analysis of human behaviour, power an...)
In the conventional analysis of human behaviour, power and ethics are frequently considered contrary principles, in that power enforces, while ethics elicits a free response. But, as James Mackey forcefully shows, a more adventurous philosophical study of human morality escapes the sense of contraries, and sets us on a quest for the kind of power that liberates human creativity. It then becomes possible to establish the framework for a critical assessment of the kind of power that ought to be operative in the major structures of human society, civil or ecclesiastical, state governments and church hierarchies. Mackey analyses the religious question which then quite naturally emerges, as to whether this Eros-type power so manifest in human society originates from beyond the more empirical structures of churches, states and 'nature'; and the effort to detect the specifically Christian characterisation of an allegedly ultimate power working in us for final well-being finds its natural context.
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The Critique of Theological Reason describes the nature and prospects of Christian theology in the postmodern era. It neither takes a monolithic view of postmodernism, nor does it believe that postmodernism monopolizes all that rings most true in contemporary thought. Instead, it takes the best of modern scientific theory about the nature and end of the universe, the best of modern British philosophy of art and morality, and the best of contemporary Christian theology, and outlines a philosophically viable theology for the thoroughly evolutionary world we occupy today.
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(The Critique of Theological Reason describes the nature a...)
The Critique of Theological Reason describes the nature and prospects of Christian theology in the postmodern era. It neither takes a monolithic view of postmodernism, nor does it believe that postmodernism monopolizes all that rings most true in contemporary thought. Instead, it takes the best of modern scientific theory about the nature and end of the universe, the best of modern British philosophy of art and morality, and the best of contemporary Christian theology, and outlines a philosophically viable theology for the thoroughly evolutionary world we occupy today.
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( Thirty years ago James Mackey wrote Jesus the Man and t...)
Thirty years ago James Mackey wrote Jesus the Man and the Myth, which became the defining book on Christology in seminaries and universities throughout the English-speaking world. Now he has written a bold one-volume systematic theology in eight chapters on creation, fall, salvation, God, creed, code, cult and church constitution. It is fashioned out of material from two sources: (1) the major theological movements of the 20th century, which in haphazard, start-stop fashion sought to construct a theology of some of these themes in the light of contemporary cultural categories of thought and imagery, and (2) a thorough reading of the Bible as innocent as possible of the influence of theologies borrowed from Platonism. The first source yields the conclusion that nature and history provide the dominant sources of divine revelation, thus eliding the crass distinctions between nature and supernature, reason and faith. The second confirms the notion that from the opening of Genesis to the teaching of Jesus, the Bible, when read on its own terms, proclaims a creation faith: the central idea being that grace and revelation are to be found in the eternal activity of the loving creator God ever evident in evolving creation. Finding the esssence of Christianity in the lived creation faith of Jesus the Jew, Mackey goes on to shows what the Christian religion has lost or corrupted on the way, what corrections and advances need to be made in all the Christian churches, and what future the Christian faith can plot for itself in a world characterized by an increasing secular culture, by a growing interest in spiritualities without the trappings of religion, and by ever-closer encounters between all the religions of the human race. The fact that Christian faith is fundamentally a creation faith offers common ground for a dialogue of human equals between Christians and members of other religions or of none.
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An introduction to and overview of the entire problem of evil, from a philosophical perspective. The text aims to be introductory and inclusive, both by familiarizing students with the main contours of the intellectual terrain, and by pointing them in the direction of further resources.
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(A Philosophy of Christian Materialism offers a new religi...)
A Philosophy of Christian Materialism offers a new religious engagement with the public sphere via means of interdisciplinary analysis and empirical examples, developing what the authors call a Relational Christian Realism building upon interaction with contemporary Philosophy of Religion. The book argues that the current discourse on public religion is inadequate in addressing the issues now to be faced, including: material religious practice in the sphere of education; the growth of alternative political movements and the developing awareness of environmental concerns and urban social justice. Key concepts that support this strategic analysis are: entangled fidelities (the form of a materialist religious practice); the possibility of a relational Christian realism (including new developments in how we interpret key categories of doctrine including God and creation, salvation and humanity), and the post-secular public sphere (including the emerging phenomenon of postsecular rapprochement - namely the coming together of both religious and secular actors in methodologies and politics of pragmatism as well as ethical discourse for the sake of the public commons). Co-authored by theologians in both the USA and the UK, this book represents an exciting contribution to philosophy and practice of religion on both sides of the Atlantic and aspires to be sufficiently interdisciplinary to also appeal to readerships engaged in the study of modern political and social trends.
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Essays in Honour of Garret FitzGerald on the Occasion of His Seventy-fifth Birthday. Focuses on the relationship between Irish politics and the Church. Garret FitzGerald was the Prime Minister of Ireland between 1981 and 1987. He is widely credited with bringing a studied theological understanding of state affairs to Irish politics. The book is divided into two parts dealing with overviews of church-state relationships in Ireland since the founding of the Free State, and then specific areas of encounter between politics and religion. Some of the subjects covered in the twelve essays include family law and morality, education, the health services, bio-technology, and economic policy.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T120291 Presbyter of the Church of Ireland = Rev. James Pelletreau. Dublin : printed by A. James, for the author, 1760. [8],103,[1]p. ; 8°
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James Miller has written this book for those who are in the passage of grief. It is replete with poetry, reflection, and color photographs of nature scenes that communicate peace and quiet assurance. The promise is that God walks alongside the stricken.
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When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion Series, first invited me to write the volume on Analytic Philosophy of Religion, I accepted with great enthusiasm. My only explanation for that enthusiasm now is that I was younger and more naive at the time. Soon after starting work on the volume, my enthusiasm was dampened by the daunting magnitude of the task. I began as a sprinter and quickly settled into the pace of a long-distance runner. Although I considered myself well read in the subject, I soon discovered that I had a great deal of research to do to be confident that I had considered all of the major contributions to the various discussions, issues, and of religion. As I read more and more problems found within analytic philosophy books and articles, I realized that I had rushed into a territory already well trodden by the angels. I am greatly impressed by the sophistication and subtlety of philosophical argument that characterize the different debates in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. This volume covers a vast amount of material. I have endeavored to provide the fairest possible reading of different authors, and, in cases where I include my own critical evaluations and develop my own positions, I have endeavored to provide the strongest possible interpretations of the positions I criticize.
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(When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contempora...)
When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy of Religion Series, first invited me to write the volume on Analytic Philosophy of Religion, I accepted with great enthusiasm. My only explanation for that enthusiasm now is that I was younger and more naive at the time. Soon after starting work on the volume, my enthusiasm was dampened by the daunting magnitude of the task. I began as a sprinter and quickly settled into the pace of a long-distance runner. Although I considered myself well read in the subject, I soon discovered that I had a great deal of research to do to be confident that I had considered all of the major contributions to the various discussions, issues, and of religion. As I read more and more problems found within analytic philosophy books and articles, I realized that I had rushed into a territory already well trodden by the angels. I am greatly impressed by the sophistication and subtlety of philosophical argument that characterize the different debates in contemporary analytic philosophy of religion. This volume covers a vast amount of material. I have endeavored to provide the fairest possible reading of different authors, and, in cases where I include my own critical evaluations and develop my own positions, I have endeavored to provide the strongest possible interpretations of the positions I criticize.
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(A life of Jesus researched and written with the central p...)
A life of Jesus researched and written with the central purpose of discovering the true kind and content of the faith for which he lived and died, and which has come down to us as the Christian faith by which so many still profess to live. A second and equally important purpose in this research and writing is to estimate just how loyal, and how disloyal the main churches that claim his name have been over almost two thousand years. The findings are radical, in the best sense of the word, going back to the roots to revive the full and true vision of the faith of the Nazarene in churches that badly need reform at the present time if they are not to continue to haemhorhage even more members.
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professor of theology and ecclesiastic
MACKEY, James was born on February 9, 1934 in Ireland. Son of Peter Mackey and Esther Morrissey.
Bachelor, Pontifical University, 1960. Doctor of Divinity, Queen's University, Belfast. Doctor of Philosophy, Queen's University, Belfast, 1965.
Philosophy lecturer Queen's University Belfast, 1960—1969. Professor, religious studies and theology University San Francisco, 1969—1979. Professor University Edinburgh, 1979—1999, dean, faculty of divinity, 1984—1988.
Visiting professor University California, Berkeley, 1974—1975, Dartmouth College, 1989, Trinity College, University Dublin, since 1999. Invited lecturer International Congress Philosophy, Vienna, 1969, North America Congress Celtic Studies, Halifax, 1989, Australian Congress Celtic Studies, 1992, Association Commonwealth University, 1993, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1994, Chinese Academy Social Sciences, Beijing, 1999, Templeton Symposium on Science and Theological Imagination, London, 2000, Villanova University, Philadelphia, 2003.
(Examining religion in the context of modern atheism, Jame...)
(A Philosophy of Christian Materialism offers a new religi...)
(A life of Jesus researched and written with the central p...)
(When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contempora...)
(When Gene Long, editor of Kluwer's Handbook of Contempora...)
( Thirty years ago James Mackey wrote Jesus the Man and t...)
(In the conventional analysis of human behaviour, power an...)
(The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration a...)
(The Critique of Theological Reason describes the nature a...)
(The Critique of Theological Reason describes the nature a...)
(This book was digitized and reprinted from the collection...)
(An introduction to and overview of the entire problem of ...)
(Essays in Honour of Garret FitzGerald on the Occasion of ...)
(James Miller has written this book for those who are in t...)
(This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curat...)
(Lang:- eng, Pages 284 . Reprinted in 2015 with the help o...)
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Author: (book) Life and Grace, 1966, Tradition and Change in the Church, 1968, Contemporary Philosophy of Religion, 1968, The Church: Its Credibility Today, 1970, The Problems of Religious Faith, 1972, The Christian Experience of God as Trinity, 1983, Religious Imagination (educated), 1986, Modern Theology: A Sense of Direction, 1987, An Introduction to Celtic Christianity, 1989, Power and Christian Ethics, 1994, The Cultures of Europe: the Irish Contribution, 1994, The Critique of Theological Reason, 2000, Religion and Politics in Ireland, 2003, Christianity and Creation, 2006, Jesus of Nazareth the Life, 2008. Co-author (with J.D.G. Dunn): New Testament Theology in Dialogue, 1987. Contributor articles to numerous professional journals.
Member of College Theology Society America, Catholical Theological Society Great Britain, Irish Theological Association, British Irish Theological Society, Irish Philosophical Association.
Married Noelle Quinlan in 1973.