[PDF] The Critique Of Religion And Religions Critique eBook

Author : Walter A. Kaufmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 30,49 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691020013

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The description for this book, Critique of Religion and Philosophy, will be forthcoming.

Author : Herman Philipse
Publisher : Oxford University Press (UK)
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 16,46 MB
Release : 2012-02-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0199697531

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Herman Philipse puts forward a powerful new critique of belief in God. He examines the strategies that have been used for the philosophical defence of religious belief, and by careful reasoning casts doubt on the legitimacy of relying on faith instead of evidence, and on probabilistic arguments for the existence of God.

Author : Walter Kaufmann
Publisher :
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Philosophy and religion
ISBN :

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Princeton professor examines current orthodoxies of the day, including positivism and existentialism, giving his views on thinkers such as Plato, Aquinas, Kant, Bultmann, Niebuhr, Freud, and others.

Author : Richard King
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0231518242

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Religion, Theory, Critique is an essential tool for learning about theory and method in the study of religion. Leading experts engage with contemporary and classical theories as well as non-Western cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, this anthology emphasizes the dynamic relationship between "religion" as an object of study and different methodological approaches and openly addresses the question of the manifold ways in which "religion," "secular," and "culture" are imagined within different disciplinary horizons. This volume is the first textbook which seeks to engage discussion of classical approaches with contemporary cultural and critical theories. Contributors write on the influence of the natural sciences in the study of religion; the role of European Christianity in modeling theories of religion; religious experience and the interface with cognitive science; the structure and function of religious language; the social-scientific study of religion; ritual in religion; the phenomenology of religion; critical theory and religion; embodiment and religion; the impact of colonialism and modernity; theorizing religion in terms of race and ethnicity; links among religion, nationalism, and globalization; the interplay of gender, sex, and religion; and religion and the environment. Each chapter introduces the topic, identifies key theorists and issues, and respects the pluralistic nature of the scholarship in the field. Altogether, this collection scrutinizes the explicit and implicit assumptions theorists make about religion as an object of analysis.

Author : Robert John Ackermann
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,37 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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While science renews itself by refuting and replacing pictures of how the world is, religion derives its longevity from the ability to create images of how the world ought to be. In this view, religions arise as legitimate protests against prevailing ways of life--that is, as forms of critique. Robert Ackermann here explores this idea, considering the manner in which six major religion systems (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism, and Buddhism) articulate critique. This approach differs markedly from most contemporary philosophy of religion, which the author believes has grown sterile by seeing its task as the logical analysis of religions viewed as collections of dogmata. He proposes instead that one see the major religions as both dead ands alive, "dead in their orthodoxy, but alive in providing a source of critical ideas for evaluating surrounding society." After indicating the latent possibilities for social critique in such issues as environmental concerns, war, and the status of women, Ackermann turns to the history of Christianity in the United States. He utilizes the grid/group analysis of Mary Douglas and ideas from Thomas Luckmann, Robert Bellah, and John Cuddihy to trace Christianity's evolution from confrontation to quiet accommodation. Ackermann demonstrates that currently privatized versions of Christianity have lost out to a largely unnoticed civil religion whose critical resources are too impoverished to provide more than short-term social steering. In this situation, Christianity's critical potential is unlikely to be noticed, particularly by those who turn to other religious traditions for critical perspectives on contemporary society.

Author : John Cottingham
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 43,71 MB
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107019435

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In this book, abstract intellectual argument meets ordinary human experience on matters such as the existence of God and the relation between religion and morality.

Author : Mia Lövheim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2020-02-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1350113107

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Why do some strategies for critique of religion seem to be more beneficial for constructive engagement, whereas others increase intolerance, polarization, and conflict? Through an analysis of the reasons underpinning a critique of religion in institutional contexts of secular democratic societies, A Constructive Critique of Religion explores how constructive interaction and critique can be developed across diverse interests. It shows how social and cultural conditions shaping these institutions enable and structure a critical and constructive engagement across diverging worldviews. A key argument running through the book is that to develop constructive forms of critique a more thorough and systematic investigation of resources for criticism located within religious worldviews themselves is needed. Chapters also address how critique of Islam and Christianity in particular is expressed in areas such as academia, the law, politics, media, education and parenting, with a focus on Northern Europe and North America. The interdisciplinary approach, which combines theoretical perspectives with empirical case studies, contributes to advancing studies of the complex and contentious character of religion in contemporary society.