The Image in Mind: Theism, Naturalism, and the Imagination (Continuum Studies In Philosophy Of Religion)

Abstract

This is a book about images and imagination and their role in the greatest philosophical debate in the modern era: the debate over the credibility of theism versus naturalism. What is the theistic image of the world and how does it differ from the naturalist image? What is beautiful or ugly, deep or superficial, extravagant or empty, illuminating or stultifying about these images? How do these images impede or enlarge our moral and personal lives? Despite the enormity of the naturalism theism literature, there has been insuffi cient attention to the aesthetic nature of the images and imagina-tion in these two profound visions of reality.