Reflections On Philosophy And Religion
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| Author | : Curtis L. Hancock |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 195 |
| Release | : 2016-09-16 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 1315480115 |
This book contains a thorough and balanced series of dialogues introducing key topics in philosophy of religion, such as: the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, religious pluralism, the nature of religious experience, immortality, and the meaning of life. A realistic cast of characters in a natural setting engages in a series of thought-provoking conversations; the dialogue format of these conversations captures typical student attitudes and questions concerning religious belief; allows comparison of important themes throughout the dialogues; encourages the interjection of insights, observations, questions, and objections; and introduces related points when they would naturally arise, instead of relegating them to a later chapter. As well as presenting a detailed and probing discussion, each dialogue includes a list of key terms, a set of study questions, and a bibliography - all of which make this an excellent text for courses in philosophy of religion and introductory philosophy classes.
| Author | : Louis K. Dupré |
| Publisher | : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : |
How should philosophy approach religious experience? Can philosophy do more than describe religious experience without discussing its object? Can religion make genuine truth claims? These are some of the questions raised in these essays.
| Author | : Jeffrey Schloss |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2010-10-07 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0191615803 |
Over the last two decades, scientific accounts of religion have received a great deal of scholarly and popular attention both because of their intrinsic interest and because they are widely seen as potentially constituting a threat to the religion they analyse. The Believing Primate aims to describe and discuss these scientific accounts as well as to assess their implications. The volume begins with essays by leading scientists in the field, describing these accounts and discussing evidence in their favour. Philosophical and theological reflections on these accounts follow, offered by leading philosophers, theologians, and scientists. This diverse group of scholars address some fascinating underlying questions: Do scientific accounts of religion undermine the justification of religious belief? Do such accounts show religion to be an accidental by-product of our evolutionary development? And, whilst we seem naturally disposed toward religion, would we fare better or worse without it? Bringing together dissenting perspectives, this provocative collection will serve to freshly illuminate ongoing debate on these perennial questions.
| Author | : James E. Faulconer |
| Publisher | : Indiana University Press |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780253215758 |
Considering whether it is possible to analyse religious transcendence in a philosophical manner, this text explores French philosophy of religion, particularly Derrida, Marion, Levinas & Ricoeur, & the new ways they proposes thinking about religious experience in a postmodern world.
| Author | : Douglas Hedley |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 346 |
| Release | : 2000-06-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1139428187 |
Coleridge's relation to his German contemporaries constitutes the toughest problem in assessing his standing as a thinker. For the last half-century this relationship has been described, ultimately, as parasitic. As a result, Coleridge's contribution to religious thought has been seen primarily in terms of his poetic genius. This book revives and deepens the evaluation of Coleridge as a philosophical theologian in his own right. Coleridge had a critical and creative relation to, and kinship with, German Idealism. Moreover, the principal impulse behind his engagement with that philosophy is traced to the more immediate context of English Unitarian-Trinitarian controversy of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book re-establishes Coleridge as a philosopher of religion and as a vital source for contemporary theological reflection.
| Author | : Genia Sch?nbaumsfeld |
| Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
| Total Pages | : 700 |
| Release | : 2010-03-11 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 0191614831 |
Cursory allusions to the relation between Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein are common in philosophical literature, but there has been little in the way of serious and comprehensive commentary on the relationship of their ideas. Genia Sch?nbaumsfeld closes this gap and offers new readings of Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's conceptions of philosophy and religious belief. Chapter one documents Kierkegaard's influence on Wittgenstein, while chapters two and three provide trenchant criticisms of two prominent attempts to compare the two thinkers, those by D. Z. Phillips and James Conant. In chapter four, Sch?nbaumsfeld develops Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's concerted criticisms of certain standard conceptions of religious belief, and defends their own positive conception against the common charges of 'irrationalism' and 'fideism'. As well as contributing to contemporary debate about how to read Kierkegaard's and Wittgenstein's work, A Confusion of the Spheres addresses issues which not only concern scholars of Wittgenstein and Kierkegaard, but anyone interested in the philosophy of religion, or the ethical aspects of philosophical practice as such.
| Author | : Kelly James Clark |
| Publisher | : Broadview Press |
| Total Pages | : 529 |
| Release | : 2008-02-14 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1551118033 |
Like the first edition, the second edition of Readings in the Philosophy of Religion covers topics in a point-counterpoint manner, specifically designed to foster deep reflection. Unique to this collection is the section on the divine attributes. The book’s focus is on issues of fundamental human concern—God’s suffering, hell, prayer, feminist theology, and religious pluralism. All of these are shown, in a lengthy introduction, to relate to the standard issues in philosophical theology—omnipotence, omniscience, immutability, goodness, and eternity. For this second edition, each major section ends with an extended reflection by a philosopher who shows how to think through the issues raised in the preceding essays. Also included are a new section on the ontological argument with classical discussions by Anselm and Gaunilo, along with a new essay by Laura Garcia; a new section on religious language; new essays on the free will defense, theodicies, and feminist theology; and a new version of the cosmological argument that does not rely on the principle of sufficient reason.
| Author | : Christopher Hamilton |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Electronic books |
| ISBN | : 9781474468718 |
In a series of original and perceptive philosophical essays, Christopher Hamilton reflects on the mystery of life and our quest to understand it.
| Author | : Mor Segev |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 201 |
| Release | : 2017-11-02 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1108415253 |
Provides a comprehensive account of the socio-political role Aristotle attributes to traditional religion, despite rejecting its content.
| Author | : Wesley J. Wildman |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 403 |
| Release | : 2010-11-05 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1438432372 |
What can philosophy contribute to the study of religion? This book argues that the study of religion needs philosophy in the form of multidisciplinary comparative inquiry. Contradicting the current tendency to regard philosophical reflection and the academic study of religion as independent endeavors best kept apart, Wesley J. Wildman brings them together, offering a broader vision than that of traditional "philosophy of religion" and surmounting many of its difficulties. His newer conception of "religious philosophy" is well suited to the modern, multicultural, secular university. Through multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, religious philosophy allows for a variety of approaches—from historical and analytical work to evocative description and theoretical evaluation of truth claims—and both secular and religious thinkers participate. The tasks and varieties of religious philosophy as they arc across the world's religions and philosophies are discussed along with religious philosophy's modern and postmodern contexts. Wildman's thoughtful and thought-provoking book will be essential reading for all those concerned with the study of religion, present and future.
