The Future of Creation Order: Vol. 2, Order Among Humans: Humanities, Social Science and Normative Practices
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This book investigates humanities, social sciences and politics from the perspective of the concept of creation order. It is the second volume in a series that provides a unique and topical overview of attempts to assess the current health of the concept of creation order within Reformational philosophy when it is compared with other perspectives. Divided into a section on fundamental reflections and a section on normative practices, it discusses issues such as redemption, beauty, nature, love, justice, morality, and ethics. It concludes with discussions on a practice-based theory to explain religion in international relations and a normative model for the practice of cooperation in development. This series reflects the role that the branch of Christian philosophy called ‘Reformational’ philosophy plays in the discussion on the status of laws of nature. Ever since its inception, almost a century ago, the concepts of order and law (principle, structure) have been at the heart of this philosophy. One way to characterise this tradition is as a philosophy of creation order. Firmly rejecting both scholastic metaphysics and Deism, Reformational philosophers have maintained the notion of law as ‘holding’ for reality. Questions have arisen about the nature of such law: is it a religious or philosophical concept; does law just mean ‘orderliness’? How does it relate to laws of nature? Have they always existed or do they ‘emerge’ during the process of evolution? Front Matter ....Pages i-vi Introduction (Govert J. Buijs, Annette K. Mosher)....Pages 1-18 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 Creation Order in the Light of Redemption (2): Political Philosophy (Henk Geertsema)....Pages 21-45 The Shine on Things: Given Beauty and the Order of Creation (William Desmond)....Pages 47-67 The Beauty of Repetition, or: How to Become a Friend of Job (Renée D. N. van Riessen)....Pages 69-83 Nature, Kant, and God (Gordon Graham)....Pages 85-99 Unveiling the Aesthetic in Nature: A Response to Gordon Graham’s Aesthetic Argument for the Existence of God in “Nature, Kant, and God” (Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin)....Pages 101-114 Divine Commands as the Basis for Moral Obligations (C. Stephen Evans)....Pages 115-133 The Divine Command to Transcend Morality: Reply to C. Stephen Evans, Divine Commands as the Basis for Moral Obligations (Edith Brugmans)....Pages 135-141 Love and Justice (Nicholas Wolterstorff)....Pages 143-151 Macrostructures and Societal Principles: An Architectonic Critique (Lambert Zuidervaart)....Pages 153-177 Response: The Hermeneutics of Suffering, Creation Order, and Modern Society (Govert J. Buijs)....Pages 179-191 Front Matter ....Pages 193-193 Covenantal Ethics for Health Care (James J. Rusthoven)....Pages 195-217 Normative Dimensions of Corporate Communication (Jan van der Stoep)....Pages 219-230 International Legal Theory, International Community, and International Legal Order from a Dooyeweerdian Perspective (Romel Regalado Bagares)....Pages 231-261 A Practice-Based Theory to Explain Religion in International Relations (Simon Polinder)....Pages 263-282 Towards a Normative Model for the Practice of Cooperation in Development (Henk Jochemsen)....Pages 283-303 Back Matter ....Pages 305-308
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