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Theological anthropology --- 233 --- Man (Christian theology) --- Christianity --- De mens. Theologische antropologie --- Christian dogmatics

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Where do gods come from – and what is the cost of bearing them? In Practicing Safe Sects F. LeRon Shults argues for the importance of having “the talk” about the causes and consequences of participating in religious sects. To survive and thrive as a social species, we humans are likely to continue needing some kind of sects (as well as sex) for quite some time. But can we learn how to practice safe sects? Can we live together in healthy and productive social networks without reproducing the superstitious beliefs and segregative behaviors that are engendered and nurtured by shared ritual engagement with imagined supernatural agents? In this provocative and timely book, Shults provides scientific and philosophical resources for answering these questions.

Sects. --- Christian sects. --- Church growth. --- Denominations, Religious --- Religions, Modern --- Religious denominations --- Religions --- Cults --- Evangelistic work --- Missions --- Christian denominations --- Denominations, Christian --- Sects, Christian --- Church history --- Sects --- Christian heresies

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Addresses societal challenges associated with the AnthropoceneExplains and illustrates the function of the atheist machine" in Deleuze's philosophyBrings Deleuzian philosophy into dialogue with developments in computational modeling and social simulation that complement and support his arguments for a metaphysics of immanenceShows the relevance of empirical findings in the bio-cultural sciences of religion for Deleuze's understanding and use of the concept of atheismIn What is Philosophy? Deleuze argued that atheism is not a drama but "the philosopher's serenity and philosophy's achievement." One of Shults' main goals in this book is to illustrate the uses and effects of an "atheist machine" throughout Deleuze's work, demonstrating its central role in his philosophical achievements in metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics.Shults also brings Deleuze's philosophy into dialogue with recent advances in computational social simulation, especially multi-agent artificial intelligence modelling. The successful development and deployment of such methodologies lend plausibility to Deleuze's radical philosophy of immanence, which in turn provides the former with more adequate metaphysical moorings. All of this is framed in the context of empirical findings and theoretical developments in the scientific study of religion, which point toward the potentially creative role of atheist assemblages in addressing societal challenges associated with the Anthropocene."

PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics.

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