Religion as a philosophical matter : concerns about truth, name, and habitation / Lars Albinus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Albinus, Lars, 1965- author.

Series:

Philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages).

Place of Publication:

Warsaw : De Gruyter, [2016]

Summary:

The book works out new perspectives for a philosophy of religion that aims beyond the internal questions of rationality within a theological tradition, on the one hand, and the outer criticism of religion from naturalistic quaters, on the other. Instead it places itself within a wider philosophical view in line with groundbreaking thoughts about culture and a basic human 'conditionality' among interwar philosophers such as Ernst Cassirer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, and Martin Heidegger. The book also offers a concrete interpretation of examples of religious phenomena displaying a human world-relation that centers on issues of 'truth', 'name', and 'habitation'. Finally, lines are drawn to Jean-Luc Nancy's current rethinking of Christianity.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 State of the Art

2 Demarcations and Deliberations

3 Philosophy of Religion as a Social Phenomenon

4 The Frames of Truth and Reference

5 Of Name and Language

6 The Condition of Habitation

7 Perspective (Thinking With and Against Religion)

8 Conclusion

Literature

Index of Names

Index of Subjects.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.