Challenging the New Atheism: Pragmatic Confrontations in the Philosophy of Religion

ISBN-13: 9780367545581 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 224 str.

Aaron Pratt Shepherd

Opis

This book presents a pragmatic response to the New Atheism movement. The author argues that analytic and empirical philosophies of religion are methodologically unequipped to address New Atheist thinkers and settles upon a modified version of pragmatism that he concludes is best suited for articulating the stakes of the God Debate.

Recenzje

"This remarkable book supplies a metaphilosophical analysis of dominant trends in modern western religious thought, using certain 'challenges' posed by the New Atheists as an organizing rubric for the account. The upshot is a compelling case for the re-evaluation of philosophical pragmatism, especially Josiah Royce's 'more than pragmatist' perspective, as the most promising option for philosophers to explore moving forward. It should prove to be of great interest to any contemporary reader concerned with the 'meaning of faith.'" - Michael L. Raposa, Lehigh University, USA

"Shepherd contextualizes the challenge to religion by the New Atheists. This systematic inquiry holds together disparate styles from the breadth of philosophy of religion, from reformed epistemology to continental atheology. Pragmatism, and principally Royce, emerges as the most cogent approach to the puzzle of making sense of God and religion." - Roger Ward, Georgetown College, USA

O autorze

Aaron Lawrence Breiter Pratt Shepherd is Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy at University of Massachusetts Lowell and an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Rev. Dr. Shepherd currently serves as pastor of Union Congregational Church (East Walpole, Massachusetts).