American Philosophers Read Scripture
1st Edition
Published on 13. December 2019
1 pages
978-1-9787-8318-8 (ISBN)
Description
This collection introduces readers to the philosophical interpretation of Scripture, specifically within American Philosophy. The purpose of the collection concerns starting a conversation about the practice and task of the philosophical interpretation of Scripture. Reflections on the philosophical interpretation of Scripture have been treated more as a "conversation-stopper" than a conversation-starter within the American academy. To start such a conversation, this collection offers substantive accounts of the role of Scripture in the philosophical thought of fifteen American philosophers: Jane Addams, Henry Bugbee, Stanley Cavell, John Dewey, Jonathan Edwards, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, William James, Martin Luther King, Jr., Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Royce, Richard Rorty, George Santayana, Henry David Thoreau, and Cornel West.
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American Philosophers Read Scripture
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Jacob L. Goodson is assistant professor of philosophy at Southwestern College.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section 1. Reading Genesis and Job with American Philosophers
1. Ann W. Duncan & Jacob L. Goodson, "Immortal Eve"? Genesis 1-3 in Margaret Fuller's Woman in the Nineteenth Century
2. Edward F. Mooney, "In Demonstration of the Spirit": Henry Bugbee's Meditations on the Book of Job
Section 2. Reading the Prophets with American Philosophers
3. William J. Danaher Jr., "Fire Enfolding Itself": Jonathan Edwards and the Merkabah
4. Willie Young, Gathering the Wild Fruits of Scripture: Henry David Thoreau's Philosophical Interpretations of Scripture
5. Lawrence Ware, The Black Prophetic Tradition: Cornel West, Abraham Heschel, and the Biblical Prophets
Section 3. Philosophical Interpretations of the Synoptic Gospels
6. Jacob L. Goodson, "Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits": Ralph Waldo Emerson's Interpretation of Jesus' Logical Rule
7. John R. Shook, Let the Philosophers Bury Their Own Dead: Matthew 8 and Luke 9 in John Dewey's Philosophy
Section 4.
Introduction
Section 1. Reading Genesis and Job with American Philosophers
1. Ann W. Duncan & Jacob L. Goodson, "Immortal Eve"? Genesis 1-3 in Margaret Fuller's Woman in the Nineteenth Century
2. Edward F. Mooney, "In Demonstration of the Spirit": Henry Bugbee's Meditations on the Book of Job
Section 2. Reading the Prophets with American Philosophers
3. William J. Danaher Jr., "Fire Enfolding Itself": Jonathan Edwards and the Merkabah
4. Willie Young, Gathering the Wild Fruits of Scripture: Henry David Thoreau's Philosophical Interpretations of Scripture
5. Lawrence Ware, The Black Prophetic Tradition: Cornel West, Abraham Heschel, and the Biblical Prophets
Section 3. Philosophical Interpretations of the Synoptic Gospels
6. Jacob L. Goodson, "Ye Shall Know Them By Their Fruits": Ralph Waldo Emerson's Interpretation of Jesus' Logical Rule
7. John R. Shook, Let the Philosophers Bury Their Own Dead: Matthew 8 and Luke 9 in John Dewey's Philosophy
Section 4.
