The religious philosophy of Roger Scruton / [edited by] James Bryson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bryson, James (Postdoctoral Fellow), editor, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scruton, Roger.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 273 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction: Saving the sacred. Roger Scruton as a philosopher for religion / Mark Dooley

A transcendental argument for the transcendental / Roger Scruton

Part 1. What is the sacred? Some philosophical and theological responses. What is the sacred? / John Cottingham

The great absence / Anthony O'Hear

Locating the sacred / Robert Grant

Metaphysical and doctrinal implications / Brian Hebblethwaite

That obscure object of desire / Fiona Ellis

A glance at the face of God / Michael Pakaluk

Part 2. Recalling the sacred: philosophical and theological sources. On finding beauty and truth in René Girard / Christopher S. Morrissey

The problem with Plato / James Bryson

Hierophany or theophany? / Douglas Hedley

Beyond Dover Beach / Alexandra Slaby

Part 3. Sensing the sacred: aesthetics, art and religion. Religious thought and the sensory world / Mark Wynn

The aesthetic education of mankind / Thomas Curran

Entering the unknown: music, self and God / Férdia J. Stone-Davis

Art as religion? / Vanessa Rogers

Part 4. Conserving the sacred: common law, conservatism and conservation. Law, liberty and polity / Peter Bryson

The loss of the sacred and the challenge of modern conservatism / Daniel Cullen

Loving one's home in a philosophical culture / Charles Taliaferro

Thinking is something daunting / Chantal Delsol

Part 5. The sacred and the secular: Charles Taylor and Roger Scruton in conversation. Roger Scruton and Charles Taylor on the sacred and the secular

Epilogue: No through road / Roger Scruton.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474251327

1474251323

OCLC:

915159466