It is customary in Catholic theology to make a deliberate distinction between ‘inspiration’ and ‘revelation. ’ A biblical text is, for those who read it, the word of God spoken to them, and in that sense it is revelation. But as regards the human authors of the biblical texts it is only true, in the first instance, that they are inspired. The way in which they arrived at their expressions and f...

The derivation of legal norms from narrative texts is a familiar, indeed pervasive feature of Qur’an exegesis. It is striking that in at least one passage, the text of the Qur’an appears to engage in its own internal process of interpreting biblical narrative as having normative legal consequences. The passage arises in the third sura of the Qur’an, The House of Imran, in the course of a length...

Divine view is to industrialization a part of the process of economic development. It has been pointed out frequently enough that the concept of industrialization and commerce can well be found in the divine sources. Because all that subscribe to the divine rules of governance become Ibadah (form of worship), hence industrialization within the religious ambit is also an Ibadah. Divine messages,...

A well-known objection to divine will/divine command moral theories is that they commit us to the view that God’s will is arbitrary. I argue that several versions of divine will/divine command moral theories, including two of Robert Adams’s versions of the DCT and my own divine preference theory, can be successfully defended against this objection. I argue that, even if God’s preferences are so...

The main predicament presented in this article lies the complexity found internal structure of human being when one searches for key elements that define its essence and uniqueness. overview begins with empirical research as exemplified psychology, continues presenting chosen theories modern philosophy, an accent on phenomenological method, subsequently puts forward synthesis them both psychoth...