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A common faith / John Dewey ; introduction by Thomas M. Alexander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dewey, John, 1859-1952.
- Series:
- Terry Lectures
- Terry lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (120 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In A Common Faith, eminent American philosopher John Dewey calls for the "emancipation of the true religious quality" from the heritage of dogmatism and supernaturalism that he believes characterizes historical religions. He describes how the depth of religious experience and the creative role of faith in the resources of experience to generate meaning and value can be cultivated without making cognitive claims that compete with or contend with scientific ones. In a new introduction, Dewey scholar Thomas M. Alexander contextualizes the text for students and scholars by providing an overview of Dewey and his philosophy, key concepts in A Common Faith, and reactions to the text.
- Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""I: Religion Versus the Religious""; ""II: Faith and Its Object""; ""III: The Human Abode of the Religious Function""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-19884-1
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