Historians have regularly acknowledged the significance of religious faith to the eugenics movement in Britain and the USA. However, much of this scholarship suggests a polarised relationship of either conflict or consensus. Where Christian believers participated in the eugenics movement this has been represented as an abandonment of 'orthodox' theology, and the impression has been created that...

This paper aimed to present a novel approach the comparative philosophy of religion which I call traditions-oriented. It is related and yet distinct from both confessional (tradition-oriented) theology. begins with reflection on meaning employment ‘comparison’ in context philosophical analysis. What follows an analysis nature practice conducted under umbrella concept religion. After sketching o...

Man's progress toward what we consider enlightenment and culture has come through the refinements of analytical discrimination. Though civilization, even in western Europe and America, is of romantic origin, successful thinking is predominantly analytic. Religion is a romantic emotion, but theology, like every other branch of learning is analytic, and the differentiating catechisms of the Chris...

Continental philosophers of religion and the theologians who engage with them have recently began to blur the lines between the disciplines of philosophy and theology. This is particularly true after the so-called “theological turn” in phenomenology. I argue for an appreciation of their approaches but will also express that these explorations must remain interdisciplinary. Far too often philoso...

Title:Attachment and coping in psychosis in relation to spiritual figures Attachment and religion in psychosis Philippe Huguelet1, M.D. Sylvia Mohr1,Ph.D., Isabelle Rieben2, Ph.D., M.A., Roland Hasler1, Ph.D., Nader Perroud1, M.D., Pierre-Yves Brandt2, Ph.D. 1 University Hospital of Geneva and University of Geneva, Division of Adult Psychiatry, Rue du 31-Decembre 8, 1207 Geneva / Switzerland 2 ...

Is economics a science or a theology? Nelson sensibly argues that economists are a priestly class; they issue authoritative (scientific) blessings upon the marketplace. The bishops of this class are the mathematicians, who convert ideology into “science”. This essay, in contrast, argues that mathematics has more to do with internal competition between economists than with politics or religion. ...