What could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western intellectuals who inhabit just such a world, James C. Edwards investigates the loss of religion's traditional power in a culture characterized by what he calls "normal nihilism"--a situation in which one's commitment to a particular set of values is all one really has, and in which traditional religion is only a means of interpretation used to preserve what one most cares about. Recognizing the important historical role of religion in making us...
What could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western in...
"Ethics Without Philosophy is the first full-scale attempt to relate Wittgenstein s ethical and religious concerns to his philosophical work. The attempt is splendidly carried out. I have found it more useful in helping me to understand Wittgenstein than any other book about him which I have read." --Richard Rorty, Princeton University"
"Ethics Without Philosophy is the first full-scale attempt to relate Wittgenstein s ethical and religious concerns to his philosophical work....
