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hn's identification of Jesus with the Platonic and Stoic idea of the pre-existent "Word." 5 A more intentional religious humanism can be found in Augustine's use of the neo-Platonic Plotinus, especially in the philosophical psychology of remembrance developed in his Confessions . 6 But the most dram

l: Religion as a natural Hawkley from the University of phenomenon. (Penguin, New Chicago, Tanya Luhrmann from York, 2006). Stanford University, Chris Masi from the 5. S. Harris, The end offaith: University of Chicago Medical Center, Howard Nusbaum from the University Religion, terror, and the futur

nd partly by the natural agent; rather, it is wholly done by both." For prominent examples of such a view in the history of Christian thought, see Augustine, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, trans. John Hammond Taylor (New York: Newman Press, 1982), chapters 10-12, pp. 49-51; and Cyril of Alexandria, C

y as "alone" in the universe, a sort of metaphysical loneliness that might exacerbate more concrete feelings of loneliness. Perhaps surprisingly, Chris Masi, from the perspective of a physician and medical researcher, casts a fascinating and fresh perspective on the theological notion that we live in

of John’s identification of Jesus with the Platonic and Stoic idea of the pre-existent “Word.” A more intentional religious humanism can be found in Augustine’s use of the neo-Platonic Plotinus, especially in the philosophical psychology of remembrance developed in his Confessions.° But the most dramatic ex

go Booth School, Clark Gilpin from the University of Chicago, Louise Hawkley from the University of Chicago, Tanya Luhrmann from Stanford University, Chris Masi from the University of Chicago Medical Center, Howard Nusbaum from the University of Chicago, Giin Semin from the University of Utrecht, Steve Small

nd partly by the natural agent; rather, it is wholly done by both.” * For prominent examples of such a view in the history of Christian thought, see Augustine, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, trans. John Hammond Taylor (New York: Newman Press, 1982), chapters 10-12, pp. 49-51; and Cyril of Alexandria, Comme

nity as “alone” in the universe, a sort of metaphysical loneliness that might exacerbate more concrete feelings of loneliness. Perhaps surprisingly, Chris Masi, from the perspective of a physician and medical researcher, casts a fascinating and fresh perspective on the theological notion that we live in a su