Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker major texts on religion /
This book presents a collection of texts by the German physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von Weizsacker (1912-2007) in English, for use in seminars on the philosophy of religion, the comparative study of religion, but as well on the?relationship between religion and the scientific worldview....
| Main Author: | Weizsäcker, Carl Friedrich, Freiherr von, 1912-2007. |
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| Other Authors: | Raiser, Konrad, 1938-, SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
2014.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series: |
SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice. Texts and protocols ;
v. 24. |
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Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 Self-Portrait; 2.1 ... Preparation; 2.2 ... Philosophy; 3 Creation in the Old Testament; 4 Christianity and History; 5 What Is Secularization?; 5.1 ... The Concept of Secularization; 5.2 ... The Political Revolutions; 5.3 ... The Christian Background to the Modern Ambivalence; 5.4 ... Belief in Progress; 5.5 ... Hegel; 5.6 ... Marx; 5.7 ... The Ambivalence of Success; 5.8 ... What Is Secularization?; 6 The Sermon on the Mount: Interpretations; 6.1 ... Prefatory Note; 6.2 ... Translation; 6.3 ... Commentary ... ; 6.4 ... Interpretations.
- 7 Thoughts of a Non-theologian on the Theological Development of Dietrich Bonhoeffer7.1 ... Influences on Bonhoeffer's Theological Development; 7.2 ... Christian Commitment and Modern Consciousness; 7.3 ... A Journey to Reality; 7.4 ... Religion and Modern Consciousness; 8 Levels of Christian Theology: A Comment on Luther; 9 A Dialogue on Meditation (A Conversation with Udo Reiter); 10 What Is Meditation?; 11 The Moral Problem of the Left and the Moral Problem of Morality; 11.1 ... The Moralization of Politics; 11.2 ... Comment; 12 Notes on the Relationship of Physics and Religion; 13 Unfinished Religion; 14 Anxiety.
- 15 DeathCarl Friedrich von Weizsäcker Society; Carl Friedrich von WeizsäckerFoundation; Federation of German Scientists; Udo Keller Foundation; Ruhr University Bochum; About the Author; About the Editor; About the Book.