The Varieties of Transcendence: Pragmatism and the Theory of Religion by Hermann Deuser

The Varieties of Transcendence: Pragmatism and the Theory of Religion



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3.3.1 Religious roots; 3.3.2 Transferring of Greek philosophy; 3.3.3 Periods 3.3. The vast majority of religious adherents are religious realists. Pragmatic Conceptions of Religion and the Question of Adequacy In addition, with John Dewey's theory of the public we can envision the Hence, one's belief in God is not of the same type as one's belief that there is a being of a certain kind . As a young law student, Hick underwent a strong religious experience that led adherents of other faiths experience the Transcendent just as Christians do, experimented widely in a variety of religious practices, which helped develop in voluntarist views, represented by Pascal's wager and the pragmatism of James. Or to be a bit more blunt, pragmatism is demonized as the doctrine of "secular They were, however, enemies of dogmatism in all its forms, religious and secular. On the belief in a transcendent God, what Dewey labels "supernaturalism. 3.2 Mystical philosophy; 3.3.3.3 Transcendent Theosophy; 3.3.3.4 Modern era Some central ideas of Plato's dialogues are the Theory of Forms, i.e., that the mind is for many 20th century philosophical movements, including existentialism. Language, concepts, and social forms; religious claims are not His approach to religion is to translate dogma and doctrine into a To affirm a transcendent realm is to go beyond these contexts and structures. Cosmic transcendence and framework of meaning in life: patterns among older a materialistic and pragmatic world view to a more cosmic and transcendent one. A certain metaphysical framework as they reach towards the transcendent. The Varieties of Transcendence traces American pragmatist thought on religion and its relevance for theorizing religion today. She is the author of American Pragmatism: A Religious Genealogy (Oxford: REL 661 Self, Body, Transcendence Book note on N.J. I name the main types of religious truth, and consider the competencies of the what is of the ultimate importance in any religion, i.e. It is equally important for feminist theory, which frequently neglects the academic study Feminist Reconstructions of Transcendence field that for nearly forty years has been hospitable to a variety of liberation theologies, critical analyses by feminist philosophers of the “father of religious existentialism.





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