Faith and place : an essay in embodied religious epistemology / Mark R. Wynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wynn, Mark, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Faith.

Sacred space.

Knowledge, Theory of (Religion).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 265 pages)

Other Title:

Essay in embodied religious epistemology

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Faith and Place takes knowledge of place as a basis for thinking about the relationship between religious belief and our embodied life.Recent epistemology of religion has appealed to various secular analogues for religious belief - especially analogues drawn from sense perception and scientific theory construction. These approaches tend to overlook the close connection between religious belief and our moral, aesthetic and otherwise engaged relationship to the material world. By taking knowledge of place as a starting point for religious epistemology, Mark Wynn aims to throw into clearer focus

Contents:

The differentiated religious significance of space and some secular analogues for religious knowledge

Friendship and relationship to place

The supra-individuality of God and place

The grounding of human agency and identity in God and place

Knowledge of place

Pilgrimage and the differentiated religious significance of space

The religious significance of some built and natural environments

Knowledge of place and the aesthetic dimension of religious understanding

Some concluding thoughts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26754-X

9786612267543

0-19-157002-8

OCLC:

438125397