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Title

Religious experience and truth : a symposium / edited by Sidney Hook.

Author

New York University Institute of Philosophy (4th : 1960)

Publication

[New York] : New York University Press, 1961.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989
• New York University.

Description

xiii, 333 pages; 21 cm

Subject

• Philosophy and religion
• Philosophy and religion > Congresses
• Symbolism
• Symbolism > Congresses
• Faith
• Faith > Congresses
• Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
• Knowledge, Theory of (Religion) > Congresses
• God
• God > Congresses
• faith
• God
• Faith
• Philosophy and religion
• Symbolism
• Religieuze taal
• Religieuze ervaring
• Waarheid

Genre/Form

• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Note

• "Proceedings of the fourth annual New York University Institute of Philosophy ... New York, October 21-22, 1960."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

The meaning and justification of religious symbols / Paul Tillich -- Tillich's conception of a religious symbol / William P. Alston -- The outsider / Virgil C. Aldrich -- Some problems for a philosophy of religion / J.M. Bochenski -- Symbolism / Brand Blanshard -- Religious symbols and/or religious beliefs / Raphael Demos -- The atheism of Paul Tillich / Sidney Hook -- Ultimate concern and the really ultimate / John E. Smith -- The Copernican turn of theology / Jacob Taubes -- Darkness or light? / Vincent Tomas -- Thank God, God's not impossible / Paul Weiss -- On the nature of faith / H. Richard Niebuhr -- Reflections on "On the nature of faith" / Gustave Weigel -- Some meanings of "faith" / Gail Kennedy -- The logic of faith and belief / Raziel Abelson -- Religious faith and scientific faith / Raphael Demos -- Faith, language, and religious experience : a dialogue / Arthur C. Danto -- On faith / Ernest van den Haag -- On the cognitive import of certain conscious states / George Nakhnikian -- Faith / Richard Taylor -- On theological definition / Linwood Urban -- Belief and action / Michael Wyschogrod -- Faith, hope, and clarity / Marvin Zimmerman -- About "God" / Paul Ziff -- Meaning and truth in theology / John Hick -- God's existence : a conceptual problem / Charles Hartshorne -- On God's existence / Markus Barth -- On Professors Ziff, Niebuhr, and Tillich / W. Norris Clarke -- Religious experience, language, and truth / Daya Krishna -- Some notes on anthropomorphic theology / Paul Edwards -- Ambiguities in the concept of God / Dorothy Emmet -- On defining the term "God" / Howard W. Hintz -- On proving that God exists / William E. Kennick -- Is God so powerful that he doesn't even have to exist? / Kai Nielsen -- Do the gods exist? / Cyril C. Richardson -- Frustrating strategies in religious discussion / Paul F. Schmidt -- The religious symbol / Paul Tillich.

ISBN

• 0814702023
• 9780814702024

LCCN

61015886

OCLC

• ocm00176488
• 176488
• SCSB-122862

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library