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Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry

Wesley J Wildman

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  • 396 sidor
  • 2011
Argues that philosophy, as multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, is essential to the contemporary academic study of religion. What can philosophy contribute to the study of religion? This book argues that the study of religion needs philosophy in the form of multidisciplinary comparative inquiry. Contradicting the current tendency to regard philosophical reflection and the academic study of religion as independent endeavors best kept apart, Wesley J. Wildman brings them together, offering a broader vision than that of traditional "philosophy of religion" and surmounting many of its difficulties. His newer conception of "religious philosophy" is well suited to the modern, multicultural, secular university. Through multidisciplinary comparative inquiry, religious philosophy allows for a variety of approaches-from historical and analytical work to evocative description and theoretical evaluation of truth claims-and both secular and religious thinkers participate. The tasks and varieties of religious philosophy as they arc across the world's religions and philosophies are discussed along with religious philosophy's modern and postmodern contexts. Wildman's thoughtful and thought-provoking book will be essential reading for all those concerned with the study of religion, present and future.
  • Författare: Wesley J Wildman
  • Format: Trade paperback
  • ISBN: 9781438432366
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 396
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2011-07-02
  • Förlag: State University of New York Press