Appeal and attitude : prospects for ultimate meaning / Steven G. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Steven G.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values.

Attention.

Attitude (Psychology).

Philosophical theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Appeal and Attitude, Steven G. Smith offers a multicultural view into issues at the heart of existentialism, hermeneutics, and the phenomenology of religion. By looking closely at the concepts of appeal, or what commands our attention, and attitude, or the quality of the attention we pay, Smith probes into the core of religious ideals to answer questions such as why faith and rationality are compelling and how religious experience becomes meaningful. Smith turns to philosophical and religious texts

Contents:

Appeals

Appeal in the axial age

The appeal in modern philosophy

The appeal in modern theology

Attitudes

Attitude in the axial age

Attitude issues in modern philosophy

Attitude issues in modern theology

A frame for pneumaticism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-344) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-07247-1

9786612072475

0-253-11144-7

OCLC:

475995019