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Waggoner, Robert L. "Biblical theism vs. secular humanism a class to train theists to confront humanism /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Chernikov, Dmitry A. "The Question of Subjective Immortality: A Comparison and Contrast of Process Theism with Classical Theism." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1236872783.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 5, 2009 ) Advisor: David Odell-Scott. Keywords: Whitehead; Hartshorne; Thomas Aquinas; mises; process theism; immortality Includes bibliographical references (p. 67)

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Baird, James Oscar. "Human rationality as evidence for theism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.316715.

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Donnelly, Matthew P. "A critical evaluation of freewill theism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Adams, Sarah Nicola. "Theism & the metaphysics of modality." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11178/.

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Much cutting-edge research has been produced in the quest to find out which metaphysical account of modality is best. Comparatively little rigorous investigation has been devoted to questioning whether such accounts are compatible with classical theism. This thesis remedies some of this neglect and charts some of this previously under-explored territory existing at the intersection of metaphysics and philosophy of religion. Such an investigation is important since salient among the tenets of classical theism are ones that are characteristically modal. Not only is the classical monotheistic dei

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Davis, Richard Brian. "The Dependence Problem, theism, counterpossibles, and necessity." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq35140.pdf.

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Rosenkranz, Patrick Michael. "Existential orientation : atheism, theism and individual differences." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501228.

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Existential orientation denotes to what degree an individual believes in a theistic or atheistic worldview. As a construct it is akin to religiosity but extends the measurement of religion to include secular and naturalistic beliefs. This study has developed a measurement scale that conceptualises existential orientation. The scale, termed the Existential Orientation Scale (EOS), consists of 20 statements representing theistic and atheistic beliefs. The EOS was validated on a sample of internet users (N=227) and has shown promising validity and reability measures. As a scale, it can make disti

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Burkette, Jerry W. Jr. "What Does Theism Add to Ethical Naturalism?" Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83836.

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Recent literature seems to have opened up space for naturalistic theistic metaethics in a contemporary context, as proponents of divine command theories have tended to be restricted to either supernatural or theistic non-natural theories within existing taxonomies of normative theory. While perhaps encouraging for theists, would theism add anything substantive to theories of ethical naturalism? In this paper, I examine this question. I argue that theistic naturalism appears to incur certain objections as well as provide a plausible and explanatory constraint on content for th

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Lindley, Richard. "Christian theism in Anglican theology, 1945-2014." Thesis, University of Winchester, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.698121.

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Rowan Williams, David Ford and others have drawn attention to the importance of the ‘informal theology’ of ordinary believers, its validity as representing genuine insights, and the risk of detachment that occurs if academic theologians do not take it into account. Jeff Astley has examined the phenomenology of informal theology (which he calls ‘ordinary theology’) and processes that have been and can be followed in examining it. Largely, however, he has not surveyed the actual content of believers’ informal theology. This thesis examines the most basic, yet profound, theist concept, that of ‘G

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Speratos, Jason G. "God's omnipotence in freewill and process theism." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Baker, Joseph O. "Theism, Sexual Politics, and the American States." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/487.

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Master, Jonathan Lair. "Exodus 32 as an argument for traditional theism." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Dawes, Gregory W., and n/a. "Theism and explanation : a defence of scientific naturalism." University of Otago. Department of Philosophy, 2007. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20070815.134617.

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The modern sciences are characterised by a methodological atheism. Even though religions offer what appear to be explanations of various facts about the world, such proposed explanations are not taken seriously within the sciences. Even if no natural explanation were available, it would be assumed that one exists. Is this merely a sign of atheistic prejudice, as some critics suggest? Or are there good reasons to exclude from science explanations that invoke a supernatural agent? My answer to this question has two parts. On the one hand, I concede the bare possibility that talk of divine action

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Rickard, Gary K. "The burden of proof between theism and atheism." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Oldfield, Edwin. "The Panpsychist Worldview : Challenging the Naturalism-Theism Dichotomy." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384578.

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The discussion of worldviews is today dominated by two worldviews, Theism and Naturalism, each with its own advantages and problems. Theism has the advantage of accommodating the individual with existential answers whilst having problems with integrating more recent scientific understandings of the universe. Naturalism on the other hand does well by our developments of science, the problem being instead that this understanding meets difficulty in answering some of the essentials of our existence: questions of mentality and morality. These two views differ fundamentally in stances of ontology a

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Campbell, Travis J. "God only wise a Calvinist critique of freewill theism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Baker, Joseph O., Kelli K. Smith, and Yasmin A. Stoss. "Theism, Secularism, and Sexual Education in the United States." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2015. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/491.

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Substantial bodies of literature have examined public opinion about sexual education, the politicization of sexual education in public schools, and connections between population characteristics and social policies. At present, however, little is known about whether and how population characteristics predict the likelihood of specific sexual education policies. We analyze data at the state level in the USA to determine if and how specific religious aspects of states’ populations influence the likelihood of specific sexual education policies. Results indicate that high levels of theism signific

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Borer, Michael I. "Godless Americans: non-theism as an alternative American religion." Thesis, Boston University, 2001. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/36771.

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Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University<br>PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you.<br>What can a study of non-theism tell us about the transformation of religious life in America? Non-theism, as an alternative religion, challenges the traditional theological and theoretical boundaries tradition

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Reader, Christina Soran. "What has God been doing in philosophy?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307105.

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Betenson, Toby George. "The problem of evil as a moral objection to theism." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2015. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/5610/.

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I argue that the problem of evil can be a moral objection to theistic belief. The thesis has three broad sections, each establishing an element in this argument. Section one establishes the logically binding nature of the problem of evil: The problem of evil must be solved, if you are to believe in God. And yet, I borrow from J. L. Mackie’s criticisms of the moral argument for the existence of God, and argue that the fundamentally evaluative nature of the premises within the problem of evil entails that it cannot be used to argue for the non-existence of God. Section two establishes the moral

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Wolfe, Ronald S. "How open theism has a negative impact on biblical counseling." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p091-0080.

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Ng, Ben Kok Leong. "ON A(PE)THEISM: RELIGIOUS DEHUMANIZATION OF ATHEISTS AND OTHER OUTGROUPS." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/psychology_etds/79.

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Research on the dark side of religion has recently found evidence that anti-atheist prejudice is embedded in distrust (Gervais et al, 2011). Anti-atheist prejudice though old in its form, has only been systemically researched on over the last couple of years. This study seeks to extend on research in anti-atheist prejudice by examining religious dehumanization of atheists in comparison with other religious outgroups – gays and Muslims. Study 1 utilized a two factor model of dehumanization (Haslam, 2006) to examine dehumanization. Study 2 serves as a conceptual replication and extension using t

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Baker, Joseph O., and Buster G. Smith. "Theism, Sexuality, and Social Policy: The Case of the American States." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/481.

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Book Summary: Does theism dominant the language and practices of public life in the United States? This volume explores this question from a humanist perspective, and in so doing it provides insight into the relationship of religion to public policy, and offers ways to advance a more democratic and secular public arena.

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Spiegel, David L. "Extrinsic interest and value an argument for the existence of God /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Park, Tae Soo. "Christology in the four Gospels a biblical response to the teaching of open theism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Odom, Stuart A. "The inconsistency of John Sanders' open theism with aspects of evangelical bibliology." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Prevost, Robert. "Theism as an explanatory hypothesis : Richard Swinburne on the existence of God." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328991.

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Mayo, Peter T. "Iśvara-Pranidhāna a study of theism in the Yoga-Sūtras of Patañjali /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Simpson, William David. "When God Dies: Deconversion from Theism as Analogous to the Experience of Death." TopSCHOLAR®, 2013. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1259.

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In this thesis, I explore the psychological and experiential aspects of the shift from a supernatural theistic worldview (specifically born-again Christianity) to aphilosophically naturalistic and atheistic worldview in the context of the religiouslandscape in the U.S. I posit that certain features of this transition, which is known as "deconversion,” can be thought of as potentially analogous, both psychologically and subjectively, to the experience of another's death as an objective environmental change. I provide anthropological and psychological evidence that believers often experience the

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Park, Dong-Sik. "The God-World Relationship Between Joseph Bracken, Philip Clayton, and the Open Theism." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/43.

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This dissertation investigates the God-world relationship between Joseph Bracken as a process theologian, Philip Clayton as a panentheist, and the open theism. They have affinities and differences as conversational partners in their multilayered relations. Their common question must be as follows: “What does it mean to believe in God today?” In this dissertation I compare their respectively theological perspectives and explore their affinities and differences. Many scholars have already noted more affinities than untenable differences among Bracken’s theology, Clayton’s panentheism, and the op

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Portugal, Agnaldo Cuoco. "Theism, Bayes's theorem and religious experience : an examination of Richard Swinburnes's religious epistemology." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2003. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/theism-bayess-theorem-and-religious-experience--an-examination-of-richard-swinburness-religious-epistemology(f6ab0fd9-9277-41d7-9997-ecad803c54ae).html.

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Carpenter, Catherine. "A contextual study of Benjamin Constant's interest in polytheism and theism (1776-1806)." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441637.

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com, petergn@rocketmail, and Hoong Siong Gn Peter. "Is Kierkegaards radical faith a defensible justification for religious belief?" Murdoch University, 2008. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20080930.85735.

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Fideism, or basing ones religious belief on faith, is popular especially amongst modern Protestant Christians. For the fideist, religious belief-systems are not subject to rational evaluation, and faith as the act of belief forms the essence of truth and the ultimate criterion for embracing a religion. Critics of fideism say that epistemologically, a hierarchy of methods can be used to derive the truth, and each method gives us varying confidence levels. These methods include mathematics and logic, science, personal experience, history, expert testimony, inference and Faith. Among these, the

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com, haybel@bigpond, and Haydn D. Nelson. "The providence of God : a trinitarian perspective." Murdoch University, 2005. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20051129.162926.

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The primary focus of this dissertation is the doctrine of the Providence of God and it is approached from a distinctive perspective that of the doctrine of the Trinity.Its fundamental thesis is that the adoption of a trinitarian perspective on Providence provides us with a conceptual paradigm in which varying theological emphases, which often divide understandings of Providence, are best understood in a form of paradoxical tension or creative balance with each being correctly understood only in the context that the other provides. To demonstrate this, it addresses four issues of Providence

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Won, Young-Sam. "Divine surprise in Jeremiah." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Larsen, James R. "When bad things happen to innocent people open theism and the problem of evil /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p001-1087.

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Dyck, Timothy Lee. "Proper basicality for belief in God : Alvin Plantinga and the evidentialist objection to theism." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23330.

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This study explores how successful Alvin Plantinga is in his contention that belief in God can be obtained and maintained in a basic way that attains and retains rationality for reflective persons. Plantinga indeed calls into question any confident presumption that theistic belief is epistemically irresponsible. He not only seriously challenges the necessity for propositional evidence to be available for such belief to be justified, he also supplies significant support for the conclusion that it remains legitimate even if it faces a preponderance of contrary considerations. However, Plantinga

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Jayne, Allen. "The new theism of John Locke, Thomas Jefferson and the American Declaration of Independence." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319570.

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Potter, Ronald Clifton. "An examination of the structure and problematics of liberation theism in contemporary black theology." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 1985. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/247.

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Francis, Xavier. "Anthropocosmic-theism : towards a theistic re-orientation of Raimon Panikkar's pluralistic theology of religions." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8241/.

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Although Raimon Panikkar represents a different genre within the pluralistic theology of religions, his response to the pluralistic question does not fit in with the faith traditions because the religious meaning is blanketed through a constant disengagement with theism. It means to say that theism should be the benchmark for the pluralistic theology of religions. In this sense, the direction of Panikkar’s dialogical engagement highlights disengagement with theism. While every approach has positive and negative dimensions, the limitation of non-theistic frame is that it cannot reach the theist

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Allan, Richard. "Open theism and Pentecostalism : a comparative study of the Godhead, soteriology, eschatology and providence." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8504/.

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Despite Open Theism’s claims for a robust ‘Social’ Trinitarianism, there exists significant inconsistencies in how it is portrayed and subsequently applied within its wider theology. This sympathetic, yet critical, evaluation arises from the Pneumatological lacuna which exists not only in the conception of God as Trinity, but the subsequent treatment of divine providence, soteriology and eschatology. In overcoming this significant lacuna, the thesis adopts Francis Clooney’s comparative methodology as a means of initiating a comparative dialogue with Pentecostalism, to glean important insights

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Murphy, S. Gannon. "A critical analysis of the openness theology of Clark H. Pinnock toward a reformed reconstruction of divine-human relationality." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683331.

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Lehnhardt, Michael. "Divine testing and God's omniscience." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Nees, Mary Barton. "Markers: Key Themes for Soul Survival." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://www.amzn.com/1945975369/.

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This seven-chapter book, highlighted like a trail guide with Markers, will ease you into most basic, repeated themes found in the ancient texts. What is called the Old and New Testaments is a remarkable collection. It is intimidating for sure, but wise, prophetic, thorough and particular, with echoes that repeat into every culture. Through story and turn-arounds you will see how some very different individuals, in different times found their way into God’s real and sustaining peace. They listened to and reckoned with what God offers for soul survival. There’s hope here if you'll take it.<br>ht

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Snyder, James Allen. "The origin of evil and free-will theism a view towards a non-reformed theodicy /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.

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Baker, Joseph O., and Smith Kelli. "Theism, Sexual Politics, and Sex Education in Public Schools: The Case of the American States." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/405.

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Borushko, Sergei G. "Divine hiddenness as a problem for theism an exercise in critical analysis of J.L. Schellenberg's argument /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Pretorius, Mark. "Understanding reality exploring the interaction between theology and science, with special reference to a theistic presupposition to certain worldviews /." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-04292009-123129/.

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Pillai, Jessica D. "God's change of mind." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Liljeskog, Aron. "Varför tycker du inte som mig!? : Livsåskådningars struktur, funktion och immanenta konflikt." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för genus, kultur och historia, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9529.

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This report is an attempt to clarify how religious and non-religious views-of-life [livsåskådningar] are created through the collaboration and opposition of religious and scientific elements/ideas. This with the hope of reaching a fruitful result related to the solution of world-view related conflicts, such as the ones existing between science and religion, on an individual and societal level. This is accomplished with the help of two assertions: (1) Mankind has a need to explain its existence and surroundings. (2) Religion and science has their origins in the same seed and aim to serve the sa

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