An investigation into conceptual reality

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Theses / Dissertations
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Thesis discipline
Religious Studies
Degree name
Master of Arts
Publisher
University of Canterbury. Philosophy and Religious Studies
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Date
2005
Authors
Stanley, Jason
Abstract

The disciplines of Philosophy and Religious Studies contain a great deal of literature pertaining to the nature of reality, religious belief and God. This literature may be broadly divided into two categories, namely the rational or reasonable and the non-rational or unreasonable. Both these categories, as well as the variables within these categories are often responded to as if they are self-evident entities that exist in and by themselves; for example: religious constructs, political institutions, nation states, cultural institutions and the contents of the electronic media. My purpose in this thesis is to argue that all these investigative frameworks and conceptual belief systems effectively follow a certain dynamic.

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philosphy, religious studies, belief, god
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Copyright Jason Stanley