Beschreibung:
Revisiting the history of Western religious thought and the role of nature and creation therein, this book paves the way for a new natural theology by bringing medieval theologian John the Scot Eriugena into conversation with American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Introduction: Thinking Nature.(and the Nature of Thinking)1. Thinking Nature in Eriugena and Emerson2. Panchristology and the Liturgical Cosmos of Maximus the Confessor3. Creation and the Hexaemeron in AugustinePostscript to Part One4. Nature as Dispositive Thought in Schleiermacher's Speeches on Religion5. William James and the Science of Religious SelfhoodConclusion: (Thinking Nature). and the Nature of Thinking