Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry
Envisioning a Future for the Philosophy of Religion
1st Edition
Published on 5. November 2010
396 pages
978-1-4384-3237-3 (ISBN)
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Argues that philosophy, as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, is essential to the contemporary academic study of religion.
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Envisioning a Future for the Philosophy of Religion
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Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry
Envisioning a Future for the Philosophy of Religion
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Wesley J. Wildman is Associate Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics at Boston University. His books include Fidelity with Plausibility: Modest Christologies in the Twentieth Century, also published by SUNY Press, and Science and Religious Anthropology: A Spiritually Evocative Naturalist Interpretation of Human Life.
Content
Preface
1. Religious Philosophy among Kindred Disciplines
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Philosophy
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Religious Studies
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Theology
2. Tasks, Contexts, and Traditions of Religious Philosophy
Tasks of Religious Philosophy
Contexts of Religious Philosophy
Traditions of Religious Philosophy
3. Religious Philosophy, Modernity, and Postmodernity
The Successes and Failures of Modern Epistemology
The Successes and Failures of Postmodern Criticism
Beyond Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernism and Apophasis in Religious Philosophy
4. Religious Philosophy and Multidisciplinarity
The Importance of Multidisciplinarity in Religious Philosophy
Case Studies on Multidisciplinarity
Incommensurability as Invitation
5. Religious Philosophy and Comparison
What is Comparison?
Comparing Approaches to Comparative Philosophy
Comparison and Religious Philosophy
6. A Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry
Problem Solving and Inquiry
The Biological and Sociological Basis of Inquiry
Controversial Features of the Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry
7. Religious Philosophy and Inquiry
Religious Dimensions of Inquiry
Religious Philosophy and the Demarcation Problem
Case Study: Religious Philosophy, Religion, and Secularism
8. Traditions in Transformation
The Ontotheological Tradition
The Cosmotheological Tradition
The Physicotheological Tradition
The Psychotheological Tradition
The Axiotheological Tradition
The Mysticotheological Tradition
Status Report
Afterword: Religious Philosophy in the Modern University
Summary of the Deconstructive Case in Support of Religious Philosophy
Summary of the Constructive Case in Support of Religious Philosophy
Religious Philosophy and the Diversity of Higher Education
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
1. Religious Philosophy among Kindred Disciplines
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Philosophy
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Religious Studies
Religious Philosophy as a Form of Theology
2. Tasks, Contexts, and Traditions of Religious Philosophy
Tasks of Religious Philosophy
Contexts of Religious Philosophy
Traditions of Religious Philosophy
3. Religious Philosophy, Modernity, and Postmodernity
The Successes and Failures of Modern Epistemology
The Successes and Failures of Postmodern Criticism
Beyond Modernity and Postmodernity
Postmodernism and Apophasis in Religious Philosophy
4. Religious Philosophy and Multidisciplinarity
The Importance of Multidisciplinarity in Religious Philosophy
Case Studies on Multidisciplinarity
Incommensurability as Invitation
5. Religious Philosophy and Comparison
What is Comparison?
Comparing Approaches to Comparative Philosophy
Comparison and Religious Philosophy
6. A Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry
Problem Solving and Inquiry
The Biological and Sociological Basis of Inquiry
Controversial Features of the Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry
7. Religious Philosophy and Inquiry
Religious Dimensions of Inquiry
Religious Philosophy and the Demarcation Problem
Case Study: Religious Philosophy, Religion, and Secularism
8. Traditions in Transformation
The Ontotheological Tradition
The Cosmotheological Tradition
The Physicotheological Tradition
The Psychotheological Tradition
The Axiotheological Tradition
The Mysticotheological Tradition
Status Report
Afterword: Religious Philosophy in the Modern University
Summary of the Deconstructive Case in Support of Religious Philosophy
Summary of the Constructive Case in Support of Religious Philosophy
Religious Philosophy and the Diversity of Higher Education
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
