The religious philosophy of Roger Scruton / edited by James Bryson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bryson, James (Postdoctoral Fellow), editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury studies in continental philosophy.

Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scruton, Roger.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (298 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In his most recent work, the contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton has turned his attention to religion. Although a religious sensibility ties together his astonishingly prodigious and dynamic output as a philosopher, poet and composer, his recent exploration of religious and theological themes from a philosophical point of view has excited a fresh response from scholars. This collection of writings addresses Scruton's challenging and subtle philosophy of religion for the first time. The volume includes contributions from those who specialize in the philosophy of religion, the history of thought and culture, aesthetics, and church history. The collection is introduced by Mark Dooley, author of two books on Scruton, and includes a response to the writings from Scruton himself in which he develops his idea of the sacred and the erotic and defends the integrity of his work as an attempt to give a sense of the Lebenswelt (or 'lifeworld'): how humans experience the world. He argues that religion emerges from that experience and transforms us from beings bound by causal necessity into persons who acknowledge freedom, obligation and right. A unique and fascinating collection of writings that sheds light on this hitherto unexplored aspect of Roger Scruton's philosophy."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: Saving the Sacred

1. Roger Scruton as a Philosopher for Religion / Mark Dooley

2. A Transcendental Argument for the Transcendental / Roger Scruton

Part I: What is the Sacred? Some Philosophical and Theological Responses. 3. What is the Sacred? / John Cottingham ; 4. The Great Absence / Anthony O'Hear ; 5. Locating the Sacred / Robert Grant ; 6. Metaphysical and Doctrinal Implications / Brian Hebblethwaite ; 7. That Obscure Object of Desire / Fiona Ellis ; 8. A Glance at the Face of God / Michael Pakaluk

Part II: Recalling the Sacred Philosophical and Theological Sources. 9. On Finding Beauty and Truth in René Girard / Christopher S. Morrissey ; 10. The Problem with Plato / James Bryson ; 11. Hierophany or Theophany? / Douglas Hedley ; 12. Beyond Dover Beach / Alexandra Slaby

Part III: Sensing the Sacred Aesthetics, Art and Religion. 13. Religious Thought and the Sensory World / Mark Wynn ; 14. The Aesthetic Education of Mankind / Thomas Curran ; 15. Entering the Unknown: Music, Self and God / Férdia J. Stone-Davis ; 16. Art as Religion? / Vanessa Rogers

Part IV: Conserving the Sacred Common Law, Conservatism and Conservation. 17. Law, Liberty and Polity / Peter Bryson ; 18. The Loss of the Sacred and the Challenge of Modern Conservatism / Daniel Cullen ; 19. Loving One's Home in a Philosophical Culture / Charles Taliaferro ; 20. Thinking is Something Daunting / Chantal Delsol

Part V: The Sacred and the Secular. Charles Taylor and Roger Scruton in Conversation. 21. Roger Scruton and Charles Taylor on the Sacred and the Secular

22. Epilogue: No Through Road / Roger Scruton.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781350041578

1350041572

9781474251341

147425134X

9781474251310

1474251315

OCLC:

931878583