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The existentialist legacy and other essays on philosophy and religion / James Woelfel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woelfel, James W.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Existentialism.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 169 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2006]
- Summary:
- The Existentialist Legacy and Other Essays on Philosophy and Religion is a collection of essays on: existentialist philosophy and the philosophy of religion. The common thread running through the essays is a way of approaching issues in philosophy and religion that reflects the author's career-long indebtedness to the methods and emphases of the existentialist movement in philosophy.
- Contents:
- The existentialist legacy
- Existentialism today
- Existentialist (mis)interpretation: Iris Murdoch
- Existentialism and feminism: Simone de Beauvoir and Mary Daly
- Existentialism and the problem of freedom: Viktor Frankl
- Three philosophical autobiographies: Rousseau, Mill, and Camus
- Pascal's Wager, past and present
- Evolution, theism, and naturalism
- The faith of a heretic: Walter Kaufmann
- Two types of religious and secular world-orientation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-166) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761834095
- OCLC:
- 68117369
- Publisher Number:
- 9780761834090 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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