History as the Story of Freedom

Illustrations. Acknowledgments. Robert GINSBERG: Editorial Foreword. INTRODUCTION. ONE The Age of Human Rights. Responses Jeffrey STRAYER: On the Death of Art. David HALL: Relativism and the Pragmatic Concept of Truth. R.G. FREY: On Human Rights. TWO Christianity and Philosophy. Response Marc SHERRINGHAM: Modern Gnosticism: An Orthodox Reply. THREE Rome and Stoicism. Response Richard DOUBLE: A Faulty Case for Indeterminism. FOUR Greece and Classicism. Responses Dallas WILLARD: Against Nominalism. Patricia FAGAN and John RUSSON: Interpreting Ancient Greek Culture: Two Classicists Reply. FIVE Judaism and Enlightened Divine Despotism. Responses Charles H. LINEWEAVER: Before the Big Bang. William HASKER: Theism Defended. Kenneth SEESKIN: The Jewish World-View. SIX India and Mystical De-personalization. Responses Jeffrey STRAYER: Remarks on Zeno and Motion. Michel HULIN: Hegel and the Orient. SEVEN China and Divine Emperorship. Response Chung-Ying CHENG: China and Divine Emperorship. EIGHT Prehistory and Panpsychism. Responses Alan R. SANDSTROM: Prehistory and Paradise Lost in Empirical Anthropology. Paul M. CHURCHLAND: Panpsychism: A Brief Critique. NINE History as the Story of Freedom. TEN The Story of Freedom De-Westernized. Donald Phillip VERENE: Afterword. Appendix I A Weakly True Story of Rights? Appendix II Multiple Human Rights Stories. About the Author. About the Contributors. References. Index.