Philosophy of Religion in the Renaissance.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 From Faith and Reason to Fideism: Raymond Lull, Raimundus Sabundus and Michel de Montaigne -- 2 Nicholas of Cusa and Pythagorean Theology -- 3 Giordano Bruno's Philosophy of Religion -- 4 Coluccio Salutati: Hermeneutics of Humanity -- 5 Humanism Applied to Language, Logic and Religion: Lorenzo Valla -- 6 Georgios Gemistos Plethon: From Paganism to Christianity and Back -- 7 Marsilio Ficino's Philosophical Theology -- 8 Giovanni Pico against Popular Platonism -- 9 Tommaso Campanella: God Makes Sense in the World -- 10 Francisco Suárez-Scholastic and Platonic Ideas of God -- Epilogue Conflicting Truth Claims -- Bibliography -- Index.

The Philosophy of Religion is one result of the Early Modern Reformation movements, as competing theologies purported truth claims which were equal in strength and different in contents. Renaissance thought, from Humanism through philosophy of nature, contributed to the origin of the modern concepts of God. This book explores the continuity of philosophy of religion from late medieval thinkers through humanists to late Renaissance philosophers, explaining the growth of the tensions between the philosophical and theological views. Covering the work of Renaissance authors, including Lull, Salutati, Raimundus Sabundus, Plethon, Cusanus, Valla, Ficino, Pico, Bruno, Suárez, and Campanella, this book offers an important understanding of the current philosophy/religion and faith/reason debates and fills the gap between medieval and early modern philosophy and theology.

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