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    Antitheodicy.N. N. Trakakis - 2014 - In Justin P. McBrayer & Daniel Howard-Snyder (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to The Problem of Evil. Wiley. pp. 363–376.
    A theodicy is the attempt to discern God's reasons for permitting evil, whereas the antitheodicy view rejects all such attempts outright. This chapter explores two sets of arguments that could be offered in support of antitheodicy. The first group of arguments concerns the morality of theodicy, and seeks to show that theodicy‐making conflicts with or undermines central aspects of morality – for example, the motivation to fight against gratuitous evil. The second group of arguments point out nonmoral (e.g., conceptual or (...)
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    ‘And Therefore I Hasten to Return My Ticket’: Anti-theodicy Radicalised.N. N. Trakakis - 2021 - Sophia 60 (3):699-720.
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    (1 other version)The New Phenomenology and Analytic Philosophy of Religion.N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - Heythrop Journal 54 (2):670-690.
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    Truth, or the futures of philosophy of religion.N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - International Journal of Philosophy and Theology 74 (5):366-390.
    Philosophy of religion, in both its analytic and Continental streams, has been undergoing a renewal for some time now, and I seek to explore this transformation in the fortunes of the discipline by looking at how truth – and religious truth in particular – is conceptualised in both strands of philosophy. I begin with an overview of the way in which truth has been commonly understood across nearly all groups within the analytic tradition, and I will underscore the difficulties and (...)
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  5. Against theodicy: A response to Peter Forrest.N. N. Trakakis - 2010 - Sophia 49 (1):129-140.
    In responding to Peter Forrest’s defence of ‘tough-minded theodicy’, I point to some problematic features of theodicies of this sort, in particular their commitment to an anthropomorphic conception of God which tends to assimilate the Creator to the creaturely and so diminishes the otherness and mystery of God. This remains the case, I argue, even granted Forrest’s view that God may have a very different kind of morality from the one we mortals are subject to.
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    Does Univocity Entail Idolatry?N. N. Trakakis - 2010 - Sophia 49 (4):535-555.
    Idolatry is vehemently rejected by the Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam), and closely connected with idolatry are certain varieties of anthropomorphism, which involve the attribution of a human form or personality to God. The question investigated in this paper is whether a highly anthropomorphic conception of God, one that commits the sin of idolatry, is entailed by a particular theory of religious language. This theory is the 'univocity thesis', the view that, for some substitutions for 'F', the sense of (...)
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    Philosophy and Religious Commitment.N. N. Trakakis - 2017 - Sophia 56 (4):605-630.
    An aspect of the question of the relationship between reason and faith concerns the compatibility between philosophy and religious commitment. I begin by considering some attempts that have been made in both the analytic and Continental traditions to divorce philosophy from the life of religious faith as far as possible: in particular, I discuss Martin Heidegger’s critique of the very idea of a ‘Christian philosophy’ and Bertrand Russell’s criticism of Aquinas for not living up to the Socratic ideal of following (...)
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  8. Ancient Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Volume 1.Graham Oppy & N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - Routledge.
    The origins of the Western philosophical tradition lie in the ancient Greco-Roman world. This volume provides a unique insight into the life and writings of a diverse group of philosophers in antiquity and presents the latest thinking on their views on God, the gods, religious belief and practice. Beginning with the 'pre-Socratics', the volume then explores the influential contributions made to the Western philosophy of religion by the three towering figures of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. The chapters that follow cover (...)
     
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    Early Modern Philosophy of Religion: The History of Western Philosophy of Religion Volume 3.G. Oppy, N. Trakakis, Graham Oppy & N. N. Trakakis (eds.) - 2013 - Durham: Acumen Publishing.
    The History of Western Philosophy of Religion brings together an international team of over 100 leading scholars to provide authoritative exposition of how history's most important philosophical thinkers - from antiquity to the present day - have sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central to Western religious belief, especially Christianity. Divided chronologically into five volumes, The History of Western Philosophy of Religion is designed to be accessible to a wide range of readers, from the scholar looking for original insight (...)
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  10. Doing Philosophy in Style: A New Look at the Analytic/Continental Divide.N. N. Trakakis - 2012 - Philosophy Compass 7 (12):919-942.
    Questions of style are often deemed of marginal importance in philosophy, as well as in metaphilosophical debates concerning the analytic/Continental divide. I take issue with this common tendency by showing how style – suitably conceived not merely as a way of writing, but as a form of expression intimately linked to a form of life – occupies a central role in philosophy. After providing an analysis of the concept of style, I take a fresh look at the analytic/Continental division by (...)
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    Absolute idealism and the problem of evil.N. N. Trakakis - 2017 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 82 (1):47-69.
    The problem of evil is regularly regarded as posing a serious threat to theistic belief. However, contemporary philosophers of religion have overlooked the ways in which this problem has been, or could be, handled by theists committed to the metaphysics of idealism. In seeking to redress this lacuna, I turn to the systems of the British idealists, popular in the late nineteenth century though now out of favour, and in particular the work of F.H. Bradley, while also drawing parallels with (...)
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    Love and Marriage, Yesterday and Today.N. N. Trakakis - 2017 - Cultura 14 (2):7-36.
    Taking as its starting-point Eva Illouz's sociological study Why Love Hurts, this paper develops a philosophical framework for understanding love and marriage, particularly in their contemporary manifestations. To begin with, premodern practices in love and marriage during the ancient Greek and Byzantine eras are outlined and contrasted with modern forms of love, whose overriding features are suffering and disappointment. To cast some light upon this great transformation in the fortunes of love the discussion takes an axiological and metaphysical turn by (...)
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    Review Essay: Emmanuel Falque, The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection.N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy 21 (2):163-166.
    A review of Emmanuel Falque, The Metamorphosis of Finitude: An Essay on Birth and Resurrection, trans. George Hughes ( New York: Fordham University Press, 2012).
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    (1 other version)Slow Philosophy.N. N. Trakakis - 2018 - Heythrop Journal 59 (2):221-239.
    Metaphilosophy is typically concerned with such questions as the goals of philosophy, the relations between philosophy and the arts and sciences, the methods of argumentation and tools of analysis employed by philosophers, major trends and schools of thought, the prospects for progress and future directions. But one topic that has been consistently overlooked in these discussions is that of the temporality, or pace and tempo, of philosophy. Initially this may seem a relatively insignificant topic and therefore one that has been (...)
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    Timothy D. Knepper: The ends of philosophy of religion: Terminus and telos: Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY, 2013, xiv and 206 pp, $90.00.N. N. Trakakis - 2014 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 75 (3):255-258.
    Timothy Knepper’s book is divided into two parts, the first and more critical of which seeks to uncover the limits and weaknesses of analytic and continental philosophy of religion, while the second and more constructive section seeks to develop an alternative and more fruitful way of practising philosophy of religion, “one that is historically grounded and religiously diverse” (p. xiii). Much of the impetus behind the book derives from feelings of dismay and dissatisfaction, familiar especially to religious studies scholars, over (...)
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  16. The Ecclesiological Problem of Evil.N. N. Trakakis - 2015 - Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion 6:245-268.
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    What’s Love Got to Do with It?N. N. Trakakis - 2015 - Roczniki Filozoficzne 63 (3):43-54.
    This paper contests an important assumption guiding Alexander Pruss’ One Body, that marriage is intimately connected with love, including romantic love. This assumption, I argue, is the product in part of a distinctively modern understanding of marriage. To show this, Pruss’ position is set against the premodern, and in particular the Byzantine Christian, view and practice of marriage, where marriage was not grounded to any significant extent on love. Finally, some indication is provided as to why romantic love was disassociated (...)
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    Deus Loci: The Place of God and the God of Place in Philosophy and Theology. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - Sophia 52 (2):315-333.
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    The History of Western Philosophy of Religion, Five Volume Set: V.1 Ancient Philosophy and Religion: V.2 Medieval Philosophy and Religion: V.3 Early Modern Philosophy and Religion: V.4 Nineteenth-Century Philosophy and Religion: V.5 Twentieth-Century Philosophy and Religion.Graham Oppy & N. N. Trakakis (eds.) - 2009 - Routledge.
    An international team of over 100 leading scholars has been brought together to provide authoritative exposition of how history's most important philosophical thinkers - fron antiquity to the present day - have sought to analyse the concepts and tenets central to Western religious belief, especially Christianity. Divided, chronologically, into five volumes, _The History of Western Philosophy of Religion_ is designed to be accessible to a wide range of readers, from the scholar looking for original insight and the latest research findings (...)
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    A Genealogy Of Marion's Philosophy Of Religion: Apparent Darkness. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2014 - Heythrop Journal 55 (4):752-753.
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    Book Review: Syriza: Inside the Labyrinth. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2017 - Thesis Eleven 140 (1):125-131.
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    Book Review: Tamsin Jones, A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of Religion: Apparent Darkness. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2013 - Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy 21 (1):196-198.
    A review of Tamsin Jones, A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of Religion.
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    Transforming Philosophy and Religion. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2011 - Faith and Philosophy 28 (1):115-121.
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    The Philosophy of Michel Henry : A French Christian Phenomenology of Life. [REVIEW]N. N. Trakakis - 2014 - Heythrop Journal 55 (4):747-749.
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