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Origen of Alexandria: The Bible and Philosophical Rationality, or: Problems of Traditional Dualisms 亚历山大的奥利根:圣经与哲学理性，或:传统二元论的问题

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-006

C. Markschies

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“I Trapped You with Guile”: Rationalizing Theology in Late Antiquity “我用诡计把你困住了”:近代神学的理性化

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-008

Yonatan Moss

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Forms of Rationalization in Medieval Jewish Thought 中世纪犹太思想中的合理化形式

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-005

M. Idel

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Quasi-Rational and Anti-Rational Elements in Radical Muslim Thought: The Case of Abū al-A ʿ lā Mawdūdī 穆斯林激进思想中的准理性与反理性因素:以abal - al- al- lā Mawdūdī为例

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-016

Y. Friedmann

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Rationalizing Visions in Early Modern Catholicism 近代早期天主教的理性化

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-009

M. Sluhovsky

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“They Shall Be All Taught of God”: Schleiermacher on Christianity and Protestantism “他们都应受上帝的教导”:施莱尔马赫论基督教和新教

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-010

S. Gerber

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Rationality and Rationalism in Islamic Mysticism: The Case of Ibn al- ʿ Arabī 伊斯兰神秘主义中的理性与理性主义:以伊本·阿拉伯为例

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-015

B. Abrahamov

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Philo’s Rationalization of Judaism 斐洛对犹太教的理性化

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-004

M. Niehoff

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Dualists against Monotheists: Zoroastrian Debates with Other Religions 二元论反对一神论:琐罗亚斯德教与其他宗教的辩论

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-003

S. Shaked

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Introduction: Rationalization in Religions 引言:宗教中的理性化

Rationalization in Religions Pub Date : 2018-12-17 DOI: 10.1515/9783110446395-002

C. Markschies

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