{"product_id":"a-complex-relation","title":"A Complex Relation","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow does spirit relate to body?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Karen Felter Vaucanson presents two adverse answers to this fundamental question, and she gives a detailed description and evaluation of the philosophies from which they stem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether we conceive of being in terms of static and isolated units or as processual and inherently relational, the answer to the spirit-body problem has implications for how we understand God, the universe, and ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work of seventeenth-century philosopher Anne Conway is the fulcrum of Karen Felter Vaucanson’s analysis of the intellectual struggle between these competing world-views. She shows how these two philosophical paradigms have existed side by side through centuries, from Platonism until present day process philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this systematic theological analysis, she traces the implications of Conway’s thought for the question of the God-world relation, and that of personal identity.\u003ci\u003ex000D\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ex000D\u003c\/i\u003e This book offers a combination of detailed analyses of concrete texts and general perspectives on intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wrestles with major problems, which no theologian or philosopher can avoid, and is therefore of general interest for all who study theology and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57680051011957,"sku":"9783402137437","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9783402137437.jpg?v=1792422995","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/a-complex-relation","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}