critique practical cambridge canterbury

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Rome and Canterbury: The Elusive Search for Unity

3 reviews
Mary Reath

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2007

Fine Overview of Key Ecumemical Effort
From the time of Vatican II, Anglicans and Roman Catholics have held intense, ongoing discussions aimed at clarifying their differences and seeking common ground for reunification at some, as yet unspecified, level. While the popular press focuses on new controversies and stumbling blocks, panels of scholars from the respective churches nonetheless have produced a remarkable series of agreed ...

Kant: Critique of Practical Reason (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy)

8 reviews
Immanuel Kant

Cambridge University Press, 1997

christian apologetics? did you actually read the book?
It's a classic of western philosophy as was just about everything Kant wrote, but that's not my purpose in writing this. I want to refute the silly notion that this is "nothing but Christian apologetics." Merely believing in a higher being does not make one a Christian. Aristotle, Plato, Spinoza, Hegel, and yes Kant all believed in a higher power of some sort (as do Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and ...

Public Lives, Private Prayers

8 reviews
Mary Reath

Sorin Books, 2001

a different kind of prayer book
This slim volume does not contain advice on how to pray, nor does it represent any particular denomination or faith. Instead, it gives the reader a wonderful variety of short prayers and spiritual comments from public people around the world. On one level, it is a fascinating look at the inner lives of people that we see profiled in the media. On another level, it presents a starting point for ...