K Schilbrack
John Wiley & Sons
e druk, 2014
9781444330526
Philosophy and the Study of Religions – A Manifesto
A Manifesto
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John Wiley & Sons |
e druk, 2014
ISBN13: 9781444330526
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Wiley–Blackwell Manifestos
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Samenvatting
Philosophy and the Study of Religions: A Manifesto advocates a radical transformation of the discipline from its current, narrow focus on questions of God, to a fully global form of critical reflection on religions in all their variety and dimensions.
Opens the discipline of philosophy of religion to the religious diversity that characterizes the world today
Builds bridges between philosophy of religion and the other interpretative and explanatory approaches in the field of religious studies
Provides a manifesto for a global approach to the subject that is a practice–centred rather than a belief–centred activity
Gives attention to reflexive critical studies of ′religion′ as socially constructed and historically located
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Inhoudsopgave
<p>Preface xi</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xix</p>
<p>Chapter 1: The Full Task of Philosophy of Religion 1</p>
<p>i. What is Traditional Philosophy of Religion ? 3</p>
<p>ii. The First Task of Philosophy of Religion 10</p>
<p>iii. The Second Task of Philosophy of Religion 14</p>
<p>iv. The Third Task of Philosophy of Religion 19</p>
<p>v. What is the Big Idea? 24</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 25</p>
<p>Endnotes 27</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Are Religious Practices Philosophical? 29</p>
<p>i. Toward a Philosophy of Religious Practice 31</p>
<p>ii. Embodiment as a Paradigm for Philosophy of Religion 33</p>
<p>iii. Conceptual Metaphors and Embodied Religious Reason 36</p>
<p>iv. Religious Material Culture as Cognitive Prosthetics 40</p>
<p>v. A Toolkit for the Philosophical Study of Religious Practices 47</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 49</p>
<p>Endnotes 51</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Must Religious People Have Religious Beliefs? 53</p>
<p>i. The Place of Belief in the Study of Religions 55</p>
<p>ii. Objections to the Concept of Religious Belief 57</p>
<p>iii. Holding One s Beliefs in Public 61</p>
<p>iv. What We Presuppose When We Attribute Beliefs 66</p>
<p>v. The Universality of Belief 70</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 76</p>
<p>Endnotes 80</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Do Religions Exist? 83</p>
<p>i. The Critique of Religion 85</p>
<p>ii. The Ontology of Religion 89</p>
<p>iii. Can There be Religion Without Religion ? 92</p>
<p>iv. Religion as Distortion 96</p>
<p>v. The Ideology of Religion 101</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 105</p>
<p>Endnotes 110</p>
<p>Chapter 5: What Isn t Religion? 113</p>
<p>i. Strategies for Defining Religion 115</p>
<p>ii. Making Promises: The Functional or Pragmatic Aspect of Religion 121</p>
<p>iii. Keeping Promises: The Substantive or Ontological Aspect of Religion 127</p>
<p>iv. The Growing Variety of Religious Realities 129</p>
<p>v. What this Definition Excludes 135</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 141</p>
<p>Endnotes 147</p>
<p>Chapter 6: Are Religions Out of Touch With Reality? 149</p>
<p>i. Religious Metaphysics in a Postmetaphysical Age 151</p>
<p>ii. Antimetaphysics Today 154</p>
<p>iii. Constructive Postmodernism and Unmediated Experience 158</p>
<p>iv. Unmediated Experience and Metaphysics 163</p>
<p>v. The Rehabilitation of Religious Metaphysics 167</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 171</p>
<p>Endnotes 172</p>
<p>Chapter 7: The Academic Study of Religions: a Map With Bridges 175</p>
<p>i. Religious Studies as a Tripartite Field 177</p>
<p>ii. Describing and Explaining Religious Phenomena 180</p>
<p>iii. Evaluating Religious Phenomena 185</p>
<p>iv. Do Evaluative Approaches Belong in the Academy? 189</p>
<p>v. Interdisciplinary Bridges 197</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 203</p>
<p>Endnotes 205</p>
<p>Works Cited 207</p>
<p>Index 223</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xix</p>
<p>Chapter 1: The Full Task of Philosophy of Religion 1</p>
<p>i. What is Traditional Philosophy of Religion ? 3</p>
<p>ii. The First Task of Philosophy of Religion 10</p>
<p>iii. The Second Task of Philosophy of Religion 14</p>
<p>iv. The Third Task of Philosophy of Religion 19</p>
<p>v. What is the Big Idea? 24</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 25</p>
<p>Endnotes 27</p>
<p>Chapter 2: Are Religious Practices Philosophical? 29</p>
<p>i. Toward a Philosophy of Religious Practice 31</p>
<p>ii. Embodiment as a Paradigm for Philosophy of Religion 33</p>
<p>iii. Conceptual Metaphors and Embodied Religious Reason 36</p>
<p>iv. Religious Material Culture as Cognitive Prosthetics 40</p>
<p>v. A Toolkit for the Philosophical Study of Religious Practices 47</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 49</p>
<p>Endnotes 51</p>
<p>Chapter 3: Must Religious People Have Religious Beliefs? 53</p>
<p>i. The Place of Belief in the Study of Religions 55</p>
<p>ii. Objections to the Concept of Religious Belief 57</p>
<p>iii. Holding One s Beliefs in Public 61</p>
<p>iv. What We Presuppose When We Attribute Beliefs 66</p>
<p>v. The Universality of Belief 70</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 76</p>
<p>Endnotes 80</p>
<p>Chapter 4: Do Religions Exist? 83</p>
<p>i. The Critique of Religion 85</p>
<p>ii. The Ontology of Religion 89</p>
<p>iii. Can There be Religion Without Religion ? 92</p>
<p>iv. Religion as Distortion 96</p>
<p>v. The Ideology of Religion 101</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 105</p>
<p>Endnotes 110</p>
<p>Chapter 5: What Isn t Religion? 113</p>
<p>i. Strategies for Defining Religion 115</p>
<p>ii. Making Promises: The Functional or Pragmatic Aspect of Religion 121</p>
<p>iii. Keeping Promises: The Substantive or Ontological Aspect of Religion 127</p>
<p>iv. The Growing Variety of Religious Realities 129</p>
<p>v. What this Definition Excludes 135</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 141</p>
<p>Endnotes 147</p>
<p>Chapter 6: Are Religions Out of Touch With Reality? 149</p>
<p>i. Religious Metaphysics in a Postmetaphysical Age 151</p>
<p>ii. Antimetaphysics Today 154</p>
<p>iii. Constructive Postmodernism and Unmediated Experience 158</p>
<p>iv. Unmediated Experience and Metaphysics 163</p>
<p>v. The Rehabilitation of Religious Metaphysics 167</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 171</p>
<p>Endnotes 172</p>
<p>Chapter 7: The Academic Study of Religions: a Map With Bridges 175</p>
<p>i. Religious Studies as a Tripartite Field 177</p>
<p>ii. Describing and Explaining Religious Phenomena 180</p>
<p>iii. Evaluating Religious Phenomena 185</p>
<p>iv. Do Evaluative Approaches Belong in the Academy? 189</p>
<p>v. Interdisciplinary Bridges 197</p>
<p>Bibliographic Essay 203</p>
<p>Endnotes 205</p>
<p>Works Cited 207</p>
<p>Index 223</p>