Robert Cummings Neville

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Robert Cummings Neville (born May 1, 1939 ) is an American philosopher and Methodist theologian, author and long-time dean of the Boston University School of Theology .

In his dissertation at Yale University , "God the Creator", he developed a proof of God . In the early 1990s he became a representative of comparative theology and discussed Confucianism as a world philosophy.

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Monographs

  • Soldier, say, saint. New York: Fordham Univ. Pr. 1978.
  • The Puritan smile: a look toward moral reflection. Albany: State University of NY Press, 1987. ISBN 0-88706-542-2
  • Behind the masks of God: an essay toward comparative theology. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1991. ISBN 0-7914-0578-8
  • God the creator: on the transcendence and presence of God. Albany: State University of NY Press, 1992 (1968) ISBN 0-7914-0843-4
  • Eternity and time's flow. Albany: State University of NY Press, 1993. [SUNY series in philosophy / SUNY series in religion] ISBN 0-7914-1600-3
  • Normative cultures. [Axiology of thinking series; 3] Albany: State University of NY Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2577-0
  • Boston Confucianism: portable tradition in the late-modern world. Albany, NY: State University of NY Press, 2000. [SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture] ISBN 0-7914-4717-0
  • The human condition. Albany: State University of NY Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7914-4779-0
  • Ultimate realities. Albany: State University of NY Press, 2001. ISBN 0-7914-4775-8
  • Symbols of Jesus: a christology of symbolic engagement. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001. ISBN 0-521-80787-5

items

  • Some Confucian-Christian comparisons. In: Journal of Chinese Philosophy; Vol. 22,4, 1995. pp. 379-400.
  • Review: Li Chenyang : The Tao Encounters the West: Explorations in Comparative Philosophy. [Chico, Calif., Etc., American Academy of Religion] In: Journal of the American Academy of Religion . 69, no. 1, (2001): 244. ISSN  0002-7189
  • Daoist relativism, ethical choice, and normative measure. In: Journal of Chinese philosophy. - Malden, Mass .; Vol. 29,1 (2002), pp. 5-20.

literature

  • Amos Yong (Ed.): Theology in global context: essays in honor of Robert Cummings Neville . New York: T&T Clark International, 2004. ISBN 0-567-02690-6

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personal data
SURNAME Neville, Robert Cummings
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American philosopher, theologian, and author
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1939