The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy and Human Value

ISBN-13: 9780521604970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 200 str.

John Cottingham

Opis

Offering a new model for the philosophy of religion, John Cottingham combines emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embraces practical as well as theoretical concerns. Cottingham reveals how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of doctrines, but as intimately related to spiritual praxis and to the search for self-understanding and moral growth. Touching on many important debates in contemporary philosophy and theology, but accessible to general readers, this book covers a range of central topics in the philosophy of religion.

Recenzje

'… a very recommendable book. It is rich in analysis, observations and reflections, and it is clear in argument. It is not only for professional philosophers, but for theologians and students as well. … by introducing themes close to psychology like dependency, vulnerability, personal growth and self-insight as part of the repertoire of philosophy of religion, he advances a position that is in content very similar to parts of the continental (and phenomenological) philosophy of religion, but nevertheless his is an understanding of religion firmly based in the post-Wittgensteinian, Anglo-Saxon tradition. As such, this book could be seen as a bridge-builder between different traditions and academic disciplines.' Ars Disputandi

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Religion and spirituality: from praxis to belief; 2. Religion and science: theodicy in an imperfect universe; 3. Religion and value: the problem of heteronomy; 4. Religion and self-discovery: the interior journey; 5. Religion and language: emotion, symbol and fact; 6. Religion and the Enlightenment: modernist and postmodern obstacles; 7. Religion and the good life: epistemic; 8. Religion and pluralism: which spirituality?