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Free Download Hulas Singh, "Rise of Reason: Intellectual history of 19th-century Maharashtra"
English | 2015 | pages: 354 | ISBN: 1138929727, 081537612X | PDF | 2,4 mb
This book offers one of the first critical evaluations and in-depth analysis of the intellectual movement in Maharashtra in the 19th century. Arguing against the prevalent view that Indian rationality was imported from Europe through the colonial agency, it traces the rational roots of the movement to indigenous intellectual traditions and history. It also questions the centrality assigned to the ‘Bengal Renaissance’ as being the representative of the contemporary intellectual movement in the country.

Free Download Constitutional Public Reason by Wojciech Sadurski
English | April 5, 2023 | ISBN: 0192869671 | 443 pages | PDF | 3.29 Mb
Public reason, which urges that only laws based on principles reasonably agreeable to all those bound by them are legitimate, has rarely been applied to constitutional law, and never in a comparative way. This book aspires to fill that gap, by studying the use of public reason in different constitutional systems. In doing so, it studies public reason both as a normative idea – as a principle postulated for democratic constitutionalism, and as a descriptive account – as helping to understand many important doctrines in constitutional adjudication of some leading constitutional courts around the world, and also in the supranational sphere.

Free Download Haris Psarras, "Private Law and Practical Reason: Essays on John Gardner’s Private Law Theory "
English | ISBN: 0192857339 | 2023 | 384 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The contributions to this edited volume engage with John Gardner’s philosophical work on private law. The content is divided into three parts. The first part gathers contributions on general theoretical issues that bear upon private law. The second part is concerned with Gardner’s well-known views on responding to wrongs and the justification of reparative duties – an issue that spans all of private law. The third part turns to theoretical issues within particular areas of private law. Its focus is Gardner’s focus: tort law, but it also includes chapters on contract law and equity.

Free Download The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success By Rodney Stark
2007 | 304 Pages | ISBN: 1400062284 | EPUB | 1 MB
Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West’s superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity’s commitment to rational theology, made all these developments possible. Simply put, the conventional wisdom that Western success depended upon overcoming religious barriers to progress is utter nonsense.InThe Victory of Reason,Rodney Stark advances a revolutionary, controversial, and long overdue idea: that Christianity and its related institutions are, in fact, directly responsible for the most significant intellectual, political, scientific, and economic breakthroughs of the past millennium.In Stark’s view, what has propelled the West is not the tension between secular and nonsecular society, nor the pitting of science and the humanities against religious belief. Christian theology, Stark asserts, is the very font of reason: While the world’s other great belief systems emphasized mystery, obedience, or introspection, Christianity alone embraced logic and reason as the path toward enlightenment, freedom, and progress. That is what made all the difference.In explaining the West’s dominance, Stark convincingly debunks long-accepted "truths." For instance, by contending that capitalism thrived centuries before there was a Protestant work ethic-or even Protestants-he counters the notion that the Protestant work ethic was responsible for kicking capitalism into overdrive. In the fifth century, Stark notes, Saint Augustine celebrated theological and material progress and the institution of "exuberant invention." By contrast, long before Augustine, Aristotle had condemned commercial trade as "inconsistent with human virtue"-which helps further underscore that Augustine’s times were not the Dark Ages but the incubator for the West’s future glories.This is a sweeping, multifaceted survey that takes readers from the Old World to the New, from the past to the present, overturning along the way not only centuries of prejudiced scholarship but the antireligious bias of our own time.The Victory of Reasonproves that what we most admire about our world-scientific progress, democratic rule, free commerce-is largely due to Christianity, through which we are all inheritors of this grand tradition.

Free Download Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadism: A Call to Action By George Weigel
2007 | 208 Pages | ISBN: 0385523785 | EPUB | 1 MB
"History must bemadeto march in the direction of genuine human progress; world affairs have no intrinsic momentum that necessarily results in the victory of decency. Maintaining the morale necessary to achieving progress in history requires us to live our lives, today, against a moral horizon of responsibility that is wider and deeper than the quest for personal satisfactions. The future of our civilization does not rest merely on the advance of material wealth and technological prowess; the future of the West turns on the question of whether our spiritual aspirations are noble or base."-fromFaith, Reason, and the War Against JihadismMore than half a decade after 9/11, safe passage through a moment of history fraught with both peril and possibility requires Americans across the political spectrum to see things as they are.In this incisive, engaging study of the present danger and what we must do to prevail against it, George Weigel, one of America’s foremost public intellectuals, does precisely that: he sees, and describes, things as they are-and as they might be. Drawing on a quarter century of experience at the intersection of moral argument and public policy, he describes rigorously and clearly the threat posed by global jihadism: the religiously inspired ideology which teaches that it is the moral obligation of all Muslims to employ whatever means are necessary to compel the world’s submission to Islam. Exploring that ideology’s theological, social, cultural, and political roots, Weigel points a new direction for both public policy and interreligious dialogue, one that meets the challenge of jihadism forthrightly while creating the conditions for a less threatening, more mutually enriching encounter between Islam and the West.Essential reading in a time of momentous political decisions,Faith, Reason, and the War Against Jihadismis a clarion call for a new seriousness of debate and a new clarity of purpose in American public life.

Free Download Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God By Scott Hahn; Charles J. Chaput; Jeff Cavins; Curtis Mitch; Pablo Gadenz; Richard A. White; Kimberly Hahn; Sean Innerst; Edward Sri; Tim Gray; Kris Gray; Curtis Martin; Leon J. Suprenant Jr
1998 | 328 Pages | ISBN: 0966322304 | EPUB | 1 MB
Imagine today’s top Catholic authors, apologists, and theologians. Now imagine 12 of them collaborating on a book that answers common questions about and challenges to the teachings and doctrines of the Catholic Church. Imagine no more, it’s a reality. (How’s that for an endorsement?)Catholic for a Reason, edited by Dr. Scott Hahn and Leon J. Suprenant, with the foreword by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput (yes, we?re name dropping), will help Catholics and non-Catholics alike develop a better understanding of the Church. Each chapter goes to the heart of its topic, be it Mary, the Eucharist, Baptism, or Purgatory and in a clear, concise and insightful way, presents the teachings of the Church. Those teachings are explained in the light of the relationship of God the Father to us, his creatures.

Free Download Catholic for a Reason IV: Scripture and the Mystery of Marriage and Family Life By Scott Hahn; Regis J. Flaherty
2007 | 199 Pages | ISBN: 1931018448 | EPUB | 1 MB
Marriage and family life lived according to God’s plan can change lives and change the world! Catholic for a Reason IV explores the Scriptural basis for the Catholic understanding of marriage. Join Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Mike Aquilina, and ten other well-known Catholic authors, who along with their spouses, present solid Biblical testimony to the joys, struggles, and sanctity found in the sacrament of Marriage. Essays include ?The World as Wedding, ? ?Lessons Learned at Nazareth, ? and ?Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI’s First Encyclical.?

Free Download Catholic for a Reason III: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mass By Scott Hahn; Regis J. Flaherty; Robert C. Morlino; Edward Sri; Curtis Mitch; Thomas J. Nash; Tim Gray; Sean Innerst; Stephen Pimentel; Michael Barber; Leon J. Suprenant Jr; Curtis Martin; Jeff Cavins; Kimberly Hahn
2004 | 203 Pages | ISBN: 1931018189 | EPUB | 1 MB
Catholic for a Reason III explains the Sacrifice of the Mass in light of Scripture and Church teaching-a timely topic, since October 2004 begins a special Year of the Eucharist, declared by Pope John Paul II. Popular Catholic authors, including Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Jeff Cavins, and Tim Gray lend unique insight into topics like the "The Mass and the Synoptic Gospels, "The Eucharist in the Apostolic Church," and "The Mass and Evangelization."

Free Download Catholic for a Reason II: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God By Leon J. Suprenant Jr; James S. Sullivan; Curtis Martin; Curtis Mitch; Tim Gray; Edward Sri; Kimberly Hahn; Sean Innerst; Jeff Cavins
2002 | 248 Pages | ISBN: 1931018235 | EPUB | 1 MB
Catholic for a Reason II, Second Edition will introduce you more deeply to Mary, the Mother of God, as your mother. Nine well-known Catholics, including Scott and Kimberly Hahn, Jeff Cavins, Tim Gray, and Leon Suprenant-open the pages of God’s family album (the Bible) to provide compelling explanations of Mary’s role in salvation history and in our daily lives as Christians. The result is a moving tribute and convincing testimony that demolishes common misconceptions about Catholic teaching on Mary. You’ll learn why the Catholic Church teaches that Mary was immaculately conceived, remained always a virgin, and was assumed body and soul into heaven. You’ll understand how Mary is the fulfillment of the Old Testament images. Most of all, you’ll discover what it means to be a child of Mary in the Church. This second edition has been expanded with over 40 pages of new material from Scott Hahn on the Luminous Mysteries and the biblical basis of the Marian dogmas. Authors: Scott Hahn, Curtis A. Martin, Curtis J. Mitch, Tim Gray, Edward P. Sri, Leon J. Suprenant, Kimberly Hahn, Sean Innerst, and Jeff Cavins. Foreword by Bishop James S. Sullivan. About the Catholic for a Reason Series: This benchmark series brings together the expert knowledge and personal insight of today’s top Catholic apologists on topics at the heart of the Catholic faith. Whether you’re a non-Catholic who wants to learn about the Church’s teaching, or a Catholic who wants to become a more articulate defender of the faith, the Catholic for a Reason series is for you.

Free Download Reason to Believe: Why Faith Makes Sense By Richard L. Purtill
2009 | 230 Pages | ISBN: 1586170880 | EPUB | 1 MB
Is religious belief reasonable? Of course the so-called New Atheists, such as Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris, energetically say, "No!," Many others, including some believers, insist that faith is utterly beyond reasoned argument. Faith, they declare, is believing something that reason tells you can’t be so. In this way they think they shield belief from rational criticism.But philosopher Richard Purtill will have none of that approach to religion. In this newly updated classic work, Purtill carefully applies the power of the mind to understanding whether there is a rational basis for certain religious beliefs. His focus is on widely held Christian beliefs, although much of what he says applies also to other religious traditions. Purtill assesses the common objections to religious belief the claims that religious tenets are nonsensical, wishful thinking, the result of gullibility, immoral, or refuted by modern discoveries. Then he considers the arguments in favor of Christian belief by studying the nature of faith, of the universe, of morality, of happiness, and the world with God in it. He also scrutinizes certain beliefs involving claims of Christian revelation – the credentials of revelation, the idea of God, Jesus as God’s Son, organized religion, and the last things (death, judgment, heaven and hell). The two appendices tackle the Christian doctrine of the Atonement and the influence of certain Christian writers on the revival of Christian belief in the 20th century. An updated For Further Reading section is included.Reason to Believeis not a work of revealed theology or religious devotion; it is a highly readable book on the philosophy of religion, aimed at the reader who wants to think seriously about religion but who doesn’t know all the philosophers’ and theologians’ jargon and who may or may not be a committed believer.