Against the background of current debates about God and evil, article elaborates in three stages argumentation thesis that statements must not be understood as factual or representational statements, but descriptive elements reflexive structure Christian religious communication. On this basis, a new perspective on God’s relationship to evil world emerges, which, contrast so-called theodicy deba...

This article examines the teachings of several Christian and Sufi mystics on the position of reason in the spiritual life, from Al-Hallaj (d. 922) to David R. Hawkins (b. 1927). In the plethora of “maps,” “stages,” and “ladders” discussed by mystics, the level of reason is highly regarded as a “rung” of spiritual attainment. However, reason alone is not enough to transport the soul to the most ...

obby Bo has gone to God!" The bird's squawk was clear the second time around. "God bless Bobby Bo," said Grace O'Leary to the parakeet perched on a small plastic ladder. She had explained to me that Sean's talons were sore this morning, so he couldn't stretch them sufficiently to perch on her ringer. "Bobby Bo has gone to God!" replied the parakeet. Her sister Catherine touched my hand. "You se...

Players of New Eleusls attempt to f i nd the "secret ru le" which governs the play of cards. This ru le , which is made up by a player refered to As "God," may be anything at a l l so long as it depends only on a t t r ibu tes of the cards themselves. The scoring of the game punishes a God who makes up rules which are too d i f f i c u l t fo r any of the players to discover. Players experiment...

muslim theologians in the holy quran and the practice of what he describes as an alternative or used god's name, name (plural nouns) is called god. whether the names and attributes of god referred to in the qur'an, the sunnah and the consensus is not seized or the names of allah, is bound to be mentioned in the sources,among the important difference scholars of the islamic world, espe...