Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern
Author: Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 0253221242
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEngages two provocative contemporary philosophers of religion
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Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern
Author: Christopher Ben Simpson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2016-08-05
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1725237288
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWilliam Desmond's original and creative work in metaphysics is attracting more and more attention from philosophers of religion. Putting Desmond in conversation with John D. Caputo, an important philosopher of religion from the Continental tradition, Christopher Ben Simpson casts new light on Desmond's complex, multifaceted, and nuanced thought. The comparative approach allows Simpson to get at the core of recent debates in the philosophy of religion. He develops a rich understanding of how ethics and religion are informed by metaphysics, and contrasts this approach to the decidedly anti-metaphysical stance in Continental philosophy. Religion, Metaphysics, and the Postmodern presents a systematic analysis of Desmond's thought as it advances work on Caputo's thinking and on the philosophy of religion.
Religion After Metaphysics
Author: Mark A. Wrathall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-11-27
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780521531962
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow should we understand religion, and what place should it hold, in an age in which metaphysics has come into disrepute? The metaphysical assumptions which supported traditional theologies are no longer widely accepted, but it is not clear how this 'end of metaphysics' should be understood, nor what implications it ought to have for our understanding of religion. At the same time there is renewed interest in the sacred and the divine in disciplines as varied as philosophy, psychology, literature, history, anthropology, and cultural studies. In this volume, leading philosophers in the United States and Europe address the decline of metaphysics and the space which this decline has opened for non-theological understandings of religion. The contributors include Richard Rorty, Charles Taylor, Jean-Luc Marion, Gianni Vattimo, Hubert Dreyfus, Robert Pippin, John Caputo, Adriaan Peperzak, Leora Batnitzky, and Mark Wrathall.
The Sacrality of the Secular
Author: Bradley B. Onishi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2018-04-24
Total Pages: 247
ISBN-13: 0231545231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a bold and historically rooted vision for the future of philosophy of religion, The Sacrality of the Secular maps new and compelling possibilities for a nonsecularist secularity. In recent decades, philosophers in the continental tradition have taken a notable interest in the return of religion, a departure from the supposed hegemony of the secular age that began with the Enlightenment. At the same time, anthropologists and sociologists have begun to reject the once-dominant secularization thesis, which both prescribed and described the demise of religion in modern societies. In The Sacrality of the Secular, Bradley B. Onishi reconsiders the role of religion at a time when secularity is more tenuous than it might seem. He demonstrates that philosophy’s entanglement with religion led, perhaps counterintuitively, to vibrant reconceptions of the secular well before the unraveling of the secularization thesis or the turn to religion. Through rich readings of Heidegger, Bataille, Weber, and others, Onishi rethinks what philosophy can contribute to our understanding of religion and the wider social and cultural world.
Myths of the Self
Author: Olav Bryant Smith
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780739108437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccording to Olav Bryant Smith, Kant's "critical philosophy," precisely his defense of necessary knowledge, inadvertantly opened the door to discussions of interpretive philosophy and ultimately postmodernity. This unique opening to a discussion of postmodern thought framesMyths of the Self: Narrative Identity and Postmodern Metaphysics. Author Olav Smith uses process philosophy, specifically the constructive postmodern metaphysics of Alfred North Whitehead, to move away from the skepticism of modernity. This maneuver, along with an invigorating discussion of not often paired philosophers: Kant, Heidegger, Whitehead, and Ricoeur, leads readers into a discussion of the self that is a synthesis of a narrative theory of identity and a constructive "postmodern" metaphysics. Smith's original approach to Kant'sCritique of Reason, his unique pairing of Heidegger and Whitehead as well as Whitehead and Ricoeur makes this book essential reading for philisophers working in the Continental and especially the Analytic American tradition.
Postmodern Apologetics?:Arguments for God in Contemporary Philosophy
Author: Christina M. Gschwandtner
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 385
ISBN-13: 0823242749
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPostmodern Apologetics provides an introduction to contemporary French thinkers who argue for the coherence and viability of Christian faith and religious experience with phenomenological and hermeneutical tools. It treats both French philosophers and appropriations of their thought in the North American context.
Christianity and the Postmodern Turn
Author: Myron B. Penner
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2005-07
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1587431084
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAddresses the promises and perils of postmodernity for the church today.
Christ in Postmodern Philosophy
Author: Frederiek Depoortere
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2008-10-01
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 0567033325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn investigation into the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers: Slavoj Žižek, Gianni Vattimo and René Girard.
Explaining Postmodernism
Author: Stephen R. C. Hicks
Publisher: Scholargy Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781592476428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion, Modernity and Postmodernity
Author: Paul Heelas
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1998-07-07
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780631198482
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion, Modernity and Postmodernity is the first book to engage the study of religion with contemporary theorizing about culture. It addresses important issues such as whether there are postmodern forms of religion, whether theories of religion framed in terms of modernity can be recast to suit new or emerging circumstances, and how the study of religion can be better integrated with recent developments in the study of culture.
