Author : Michael R. Slater
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 11,7 MB
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107077273
Michael R. Slater argues for the contemporary relevance of pragmatist views in the philosophy of religion.
Author : Victor Anderson
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,68 MB
Release : 1998-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791494861
Pragmatic Theology argues for a vision of religious life that is derived from the tradition of American pragmatism (James, Dewey, Royce); empirical theology (Chicago School, D.C. Macintosh, H. Richard Niebuhr); and American philosophy of religion (Stone, Frankenberry, Corrington). The author argues that there is a divine reality in human experience that when encountered gives meaning and value to a person's need for cultural fulfillment and to his or her religious need for self-transcendence. The book commends the openness of nature, the world, and human experience to creative transformation and growth. It supports the increase of human capacities to create morally livable and fulfilling communities, the enhancement of the free play of interpretation, and a social order where democratic utopian expectations are envisioned and actualized.
Author : John W. Woell
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 18,79 MB
Release : 2012-02-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1441168001
Shows how an understanding of the intentionality underlining the pragmatism of Peirce and James can herald new interpretations of the interplay between philosophy and religion.
Author : Matthew C. Bagger
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 32,3 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0231543859
Most contemporary philosophers would call themselves naturalists, yet there is little consensus on what naturalism entails. Long signifying the notion that science should inform philosophy, debates over naturalism often hinge on how broadly or narrowly the terms nature and science are defined. The founding figures of American Pragmatism—C. S. Peirce (1839–1914), William James (1842–1910), and John Dewey (1859–1952)—developed a distinctive variety of naturalism by rejecting reductive materialism and instead emphasizing social practices. Owing to this philosophical lineage, pragmatism has made original and insightful contributions to the study of religion as well as to political theory. In Pragmatism and Naturalism, distinguished scholars examine pragmatism’s distinctive form of nonreductive naturalism and consider its merits for the study of religion, democratic theory, and as a general philosophical orientation. Nancy Frankenberry, Philip Kitcher, Wayne Proudfoot, Jeffrey Stout, and others evaluate the contribution pragmatism can make to a viable naturalism, explore what distinguishes pragmatic naturalism from other naturalisms on offer, and address the pertinence of pragmatic naturalism to methodological issues in the study of religion. In parts dedicated to historical pragmatists, pragmatism in the philosophy and the study of religion, and pragmatism and democracy, they display the enduring power and contemporary relevance of pragmatic naturalism.
Author : Deborah Whitehead
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,3 MB
Release : 2016-01-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253018242
“Continues and adds to a rich conversation among American philosophers concerning the origins of pragmatism and its possibilities for the future.” —William Gavin, University of Southern Maine William James, Pragmatism, and American Culture focuses on the work of William James and the relationship between the development of pragmatism and its historical, cultural, and political roots in nineteenth-century America. Deborah Whitehead reads pragmatism through the intersecting themes of narrative, gender, nation, politics, and religion. As she considers how pragmatism helps to explain the United States to itself, Whitehead articulates a contemporary pragmatism and shows how it has become a powerful and influential discourse in American intellectual and popular culture.
Author : Jan-Olav Henriksen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 33,76 MB
Release : 2019-07-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004412344
Inspired by pragmatism, this book addresses religious plurality with the aim of bringing forth how it may be approached constructively by Christian theology. Accordingly, not doctrine, but practices are focussed in its analyses of interreligious topics. Henriksen argues that engagement with the diversity of religious traditions should be grounded in openness towards the other, and resistance against making others similar to oneself. Accordingly, the book presents a theological approach where interaction between religious practitioners is considered a benefit and a necessity for the positive future of religious traditions. It will be of interest to anyone who is interested in the understanding of religious pluralism from the point of view of Christian theology.
Author : Philip Kitcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 13,21 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199986797
In these essays, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher argues for a reconstruction of philosophy along the lines of classical Pragmatism
Author : Michael R. Slater
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 13,55 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 052176016X
A new interpretation of James's ethical and religious thought focusing on the prominent role these views played in his philosophy.
Author : Ulf Zackariasson
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 33,19 MB
Release : 2022-01-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666903010
Taking the pragmatic insistence on the primacy of practice seriously, this book argues for the fruitfulness of a pragmatic philosophy of religion by bringing it to bear on a number of classical topics within the philosophy of religion: miracles, religious diversity, and what it is to be religiously mistaken.
Author : Christopher D. Tirres
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 13,59 MB
Release : 2014-01-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199352542
What is the future of liberation thought in the Americas? In this groundbreaking work, Christopher D. Tirres takes up this question by looking at the methodological connections between two quintessentially American traditions: liberation theology and pragmatism. He explains how pragmatism lends philosophical clarity and depth to some of liberation theology's core ideas and assumptions. Liberation theology in turn offers pragmatism a more nuanced and sympathetic approach to religious faith, especially its social and pedagogical dimensions. Ultimately, Tirres crafts a philosophical foundation that ensures the continued relevance of liberation thought in today's world. Keeping true to the method of pragmatism, the book begins inductively with a set of actual experiences-- the Good Friday liturgies at the San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio, Texas-- and provides a compelling description of the way these performative rituals integrate the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of faith. Subsequent chapters probe this integration deductively at three levels of theoretical analysis: experience/metaphysics, sociality, and pedagogy. As Tirres shows, the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of faith emerge in different yet related ways at all three levels. He argues that utilizing the categories of the aesthetic and ethical enables a richer understanding of the dynamic relationship between faith and politics. This book builds new bridges between a number of discourses and key figures, and will be of interest to all who are interested in the liberatory potential of engaged faith praxis, especially when it is expressed in the form of religious ritual.
