Philosophy of Religion in the 21st Century

by Phillips, D. Z.; Tessin, Timothy

• ISBN13: 9780333801758
• ISBN10: 033380175X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-02-09
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book offers the rare opportunity to assess, within a single volume, the leading schools of thought in the contemporary philosophy of religion. With contributions by well-known exponents of each school, the book is an ideal text for assessing the deep proximities and divisions which characterize contemporary philosophy of religion. The schools of thought represented include philosophical theism, Reformed epistemology, Wittgensteinianism, Postmodernism, Critical Theory, and Process Thought.

Author Biography

D. Z. Phillips is Rush Rhees Research Professor, University of Wales, and Danforth Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Claremont Graduate School.

Timothy Tessin is former Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wales, and is Visiting Scholar, the Institut fnr Musikwissenschaft, Weimar.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Notes on the Contributors	viii
Introduction	xi
Part I Philosophical Theism	1	(36)
Philosophical Theism	3	(18)
Richard Swinburne
Philosophical Theology at the End of the Century	21	(10)
William J. Wainwright
Voices in Discussion	31	(6)
D.Z. Phillips
Part II Reformed Epistemology	37	(56)
Reformed Epistemology	39	(25)
Nicholas Wolterstorff
On Behalf of the Evidentialist--a Response to Wolterstorff	64	(21)
Stephen J. Wykstra
Voices in Discussion	85	(8)
D.Z. Phillips
Part III Wittgenstein and Wittgensteinianism	93	(58)
Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Religion	95	(24)
Stephen Mulhall
Wittgenstein and the Philosophy of Religion: a Reply to Stephen Mulhall	119	(25)
Walford Gealy
Voice in Discussion	144	(7)
D.Z. Phillips
Part IV Postmodernism	151	(40)
Messianic Postmodernism	153	(14)
John D. Caputo
The Other without History and Society--a Dialogue with Derrida	167	(19)
Anselm Kyongsuk Min
Voices in Discussion	186	(5)
D.Z. Phillips
Part V Critical Theory	191	(58)
Critical Theory and Religion	193	(18)
Matthias Lutz-Bachmann
Critical Theory and Religion	211	(33)
Maeve Cooke
Voices in Discussion	244	(5)
D.Z. Phillips
Part VI Process Thought	249	(42)
Process Thought	251	(15)
John B. Cobb, Jr
Process Thought--a Response to John B. Cobb, Jr	266	(15)
Schubert M. Ogden
Voices in Discussion	281	(7)
D.Z. Phillips
Voices in Discussion	288	(3)
D.Z. Phillips
Index	291