Religion and practical reason : new essays in the comparative philosophy of religions / edited by Frank E. Reynolds and David Tracy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reynolds, Frank, 1930-

Tracy, David.

Series:

SUNY series, toward a comparative philosophy of religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy--Comparative studies.

Religion.

Philosophy, Comparative.

Reason.

Practical reason.

Genre:

Comparative studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 444 p. )

Other Title:

Practical reason.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1994.

Contents:

Introduction / Frank E. Reynolds

Part I : Self-understanding and issues of practice

A foreword to comparative philosophy of religion / Franklin I. Gamwell

What are Buddhists doing when they deny the self? / Steven Collins

Part II : Types of reasoning and issues of practice

Al-Farabi on religion and practical reason / Paul E. Walker

In defense of rather fragile and local achievement : reflections on the work of Gurulugomi / Charles Hallisey

Part III : Practical reason and the flow of time

Chronophagous discourse : a study of clerico-legal appropriation of the world in an Islamic tradition / Aziz Al-Azmeh

Dis-solving a debate : toward a practical theory of myth, with a case study in Vedic mythology / Laurie L. Patton

The reason of myth and the rationality of history : the logic of the mythic in Bimin-Kuskusmin "modes of thought" / Fitz John Porter Poole

Part IV : Practical reason and the negotiation of difference

The rhetoric of revolution : comparative ethics after Kuhn and Gunnemann / Jeffrey Stout

The fear of Qing : Confucian and Buddhist discourses on desire / Francisca Cho Bantly

Concluding reflections

Comparison, pragmatics, and interpretation in the comparative philosophy of religions / Richard J. Parmentier.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1718-7

0-585-05565-3