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Religious philosophy as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry : envisioning a future for the philosophy of religion / Wesley J. Wildman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- 1961- Wildman.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religions.
- Religion--Philosophy.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Religious philosophy among kindred disciplines
- Tasks, contexts, and traditions of religious philosophy
- Religious philosophy, modernity, and postmodernity
- Religious philosophy and multidisciplinarity
- Religious philosophy and comparison
- A pragmatic theory of inquiry
- Religious philosophy and inquiry
- Traditions in transformation
- Afterword: Religious philosophy in the modern university.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-356) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438432373
- 1438432372
- 9781441680259
- 144168025X
- OCLC:
- 681349561
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