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Hugo Grotius As Apologist for the Christian Religion

Author : Jan Paul Heering

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 304 pages

File Size : 21,72 MB

Release : 2004

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9004137033

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This study presents a new analysis of the historical meaning of Grotius' apologetic work. It means to answer two chief questions: what were Grotius' motives to write this work, and what sources did he use?





Rights and Civilizations

Author : Gustavo Gozzi

Publisher : Cambridge University Press

Page : 409 pages

File Size : 18,51 MB

Release : 2019-02-14

Category : History

ISBN : 1108474233

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Illustrates the origin and ways of Western hegemony over other civilizations across the world.





Adam Boreel (1602–1665): A Collegiant’s Attempt to Reform Christianity

Author : Francesco Quatrini

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 439 pages

File Size : 49,57 MB

Release : 2020-11-09

Category : Religion

ISBN : 9004443398

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In Adam Boreel (1602-1665): A Collegiant’s Attempt to Reform Christianity, Francesco Quatrini offers an account of the life and thought of Adam Boreel, a leading member of the seventeenth-century Collegiant movement in Amsterdam.



Before Religion

Author : Brent Nongbri

Publisher : Yale University Press

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 19,53 MB

Release : 2013-01-22

Category : History

ISBN : 0300154178

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Examining a wide array of ancient writings, Brent Nongbri dispels the commonly held idea that there is such a thing as ancient religion. Nongbri shows how misleading it is to speak as though religion was a concept native to pre-modern cultures.



The History of Apologetics

Author : Zondervan,

Publisher : Zondervan Academic

Page : 848 pages

File Size : 27,86 MB

Release : 2020-06-16

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0310559553

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ECPA Christian Book Award 2021 Finalist: Biography & Memoir Explore Apologetics through the Lives of History's Great Apologists The History of Apologetics follows the great apologists in the history of the church to understand how they approached the task of apologetics in their own cultural and theological context. Each chapter looks at the life of a well-known apologist from history, unpacks their methodology, and details how they approached the task of defending the faith. By better understanding how apologetics has been done, readers will be better able to grasp the contextualized nature of apologetics and apply those insights to today's context. The History of Apologetics covers forty-four apologists including: Part One: Patristic Apologists Part Two: Medieval Apologists Part Three: Early Modern Apologists Part Four: 19th C. Apologists Part Five: 20th C. American Apologists Part Six: 20th C. European Apologists Part Seven: Contemporary Apologists



The Worlds of Knowledge and the Classical Tradition in the Early Modern Age

Author : Dmitri Levitin

Publisher : BRILL

Page : 456 pages

File Size : 21,36 MB

Release : 2022-02-22

Category : History

ISBN : 9004462333

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Book Description

This volume is the first to adopt systematically a comparative approach to the role of ancient texts and traditions in early modern scholarship, science, medicine, and theology. It offers a new method for understanding early modern knowledge.



Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy

Author : Marco Sgarbi

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 3618 pages

File Size : 47,56 MB

Release : 2022-10-27

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 3319141694

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Gives accurate and reliable summaries of the current state of research. It includes entries on philosophers, problems, terms, historical periods, subjects and the cultural context of Renaissance Philosophy. Furthermore, it covers Latin, Arabic, Jewish, Byzantine and vernacular philosophy, and includes entries on the cross-fertilization of these philosophical traditions. A unique feature of this encyclopedia is that it does not aim to define what Renaissance philosophy is, rather simply to cover the philosophy of the period between 1300 and 1650.