How can philosophy of religion become more diverse in content and method? How can we take a multiplicity of stories into account and teach a truly inclusive philosophy of religion?
This edited collection invites us to rethink philosophy of religion by offering 18 distinct approaches to teaching philosophy of religion. Engaging texts and thinkers from multiple traditions and standpoints, it constructs a method and terminology of philosophy of religion and presents an opportunity to change philosophy of religion at a fundamental level.
Each chapter outlines a framework for approaching religion within a tradition: monotheism in Christianity, Insan-ity in Akbari Sufism, Qi in Daoism, embodiment in neuroscience, naturalism in the atheism debates, and non-territorialism located in 19th century debates on cartography. Drawing from religions and philosophies from around the world and across history, contributors take care to stress the philosophical systems that metaphysical and moral truths belong to. Guided by the principle that traditions are not monolithic but diverse, and categories such as "indigenous religions" are political rather than descriptive in nature, they acknowledge historical context shapes the development of any philosophical system.
It is now openly acknowledged that if we do not change the underlying framework of the way we do philosophy of religion, we will always create subalterns. Promoting active interaction, this innovative and forward-looking collection points to a new way of dong philosophy of religion.
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With its revolutionary "multi-entry approach", this book offers a mind-blowing reading experience and showcases the enrichment that comes from a multiplicity of voices.
Each chapter carefully articulates its philosophical method or paradigm on religious theories, practices, assumptions, their embodied expressions, political significance, or neurological underpinnings.
A treasure of comparison, respectful engagement, and careful disagreement awaits the reader as each chapter enters in dialogue with other chapters. -- Chiara Robbiano, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Utrecht University, Netherlands This collection of essays presents to the reader a panoramic expanse of spiritual landscapes as well as a multitude of possible methodological approaches to deal with it - a breadth that has remained, in spite of all efforts to decolonialize and to diversify, beyond the usual range of the philosophy of religion. In this book, the discipline is considered as an irreducible plurality, where Christian and Muslim themes are on par with various Indian traditions, Chinese cosmology as well as African and Native American worldviews, none among them towering above the others. -- Rein Raud, Distinguished Professor of Asian and Cultural Studies, School of Humanities, Tallinn University A rich, compelling collection challenging philosophers of religion to reimagine the discipline, confronting lingering biases and epistemic blind-spots from the colonial period and beyond. With important ideas that transcend philosophy, this multifaceted volume will interest sociologists, anthropologists and legal scholars grappling with the 'return' of religion and its implications across social life. -- Prof Linsey McGoey, University of Essex, author of The Unknowers and No Such Thing as a Free Gift, UK
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Gereon Kopf is Professor of East Asian Religions and Philosophy of Religion at Luther College, USA. He is the Editor of the Journal of Buddhist Studies.
Purushottama Bilimoria Adjunct Lecturer at the California State University, USA and Principal Fellow of Historical and Philosophical Studies at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He is Senior Fellow Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Editor-in-Chief of Sophia, Journal of Philosophy of Religion.
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Luther College, USA
University of Melbourne, Australia
University of Alabama, USA
Prologue (Gereon Kopf)
Part I: Philosophies of Religion Engaging Worldviews
1) "Rethinking Christian Theism: Exploring the Monotheistic Paradigm" (Aaron Simmons)
2) "Ibn al-'Arabi's 'Knots in the Real': Exploring the Insan-ity Paradigm" (Oludamini Oguannike)
3) "Correlational Cosmologies: Exploring the Qi-Based Paradigm" (Leah Kalmanson)
4) "Contemplation and Neuroscience: Exploring the Embodiment Paradigm" (Laura Weed)
5) "Philosophy of Religion without the Supernatural: Exploring the Naturalist Paradigm" (Kevin Schilbrack)
6) "Faith and Reason Beyond Words: Exploring the Visual-Ontological and Visual-Epistemological paradigms" (Peter Nekola)
Part II: Philosophies of Religion Engaging Methods of Inquiry
7) "Nyaya Critical Thinking on Matters Small and Great: Exploring the Rationalist Paradigm" (Purushottama Bilimoria, Agnieszka Rostalska)
8) "Beyond Thought(s): Exploring the Trans-Rational Paradigm" (Louis Komjathy)
9) "Subjectivity, Religion, and Otherness: Exploring the Feminist Paradigm" (Hye Young Kim)
10) ""Interrogating 'religion': Exploring the Deconstructive Paradigm" (Nathan Loewen, Gereon Kopf)
11) "The Mind-Culture Nexus: Exploring the Systems Paradigm" (Wesley Wildman, Yair Lior)
12) "Anapotheotics: Exploring the Hermeneutic Paradigm" (Nathan Eric Dickman)
Part III: Philosophies of Religion Engaging Practices
13) "Somatophilia in Sikhism: Exploring the Aesthetic Paradigm" (Nikky-Guninder Gaur Singh)
14) "The path of the unattached ones: Exploring the Renunciation Paradigm" (Marie-Helene Gorisse)
15) "One Lakota Perspective: Exploring the Relational Paradigm" (Fritz Detweiler)
16) "Isintuism Among the Nguni of Southern Africa: Exploring the Communalist Paradigm" (Herbert Moyo)
17) "Philosophy of Religion and Politics: Exploring the Power Paradigm" (Nathan Loewen)
18) "The Journey Metaphor: Exploring the Comparativist Paradigm" (Timothy Knepper)
Epilogue: "What did the Subaltern Whisper to the Conventional Philosopher of Religion" (Purushottama Bilimoria)
Appendix: "The Rules of Engagement" (Gereon Kopf)
List of tables and images
Glossary of terms and names
Index
