Phenomenology And Religion

Author : James Cox
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441171597

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An Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion by James Cox Pdf

In this thoroughly revised edition, James Cox provides an easily accessible introduction to the phenomenology of religion, which he contends continues as a foundational method for the academic study of religion in the twenty-first century. After dealing with the problematic issue of defining religion, he describes the historical background to phenomenology by tracing its roots to developments in philosophy and the social sciences in the early twentieth century. The phenomenological method is then outlined as a step-by-step process, which includes a survey of the important classifications of religious behaviour. The author concludes with a discussion of the place of the phenomenology of religion in the current academic climate and argues that it can be aligned with the growing scholarly interest in the cognitive science of religion.

Author : Martin Heidegger
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253004499

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The Phenomenology of Religious Life by Martin Heidegger Pdf

“Scrupulously prepared and eminently readable,” this volume presents Heidegger’s most important lectures on religion from 1920–21 (Choice). In the early 1920s, Martin Heidegger delivered his famous lecture course, Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, at the University of Freiburg. He also prepared notes for a course on The Philosophical Foundations of Medieval Mysticism that was never delivered. Though he never prepared this material for publication, it represents a significant evolution in his philosophical perspective. Heidegger’s engagements with Aristotle, Neoplatonism, St. Paul, Augustine, and Martin Luther give readers a sense of what phenomenology would come to mean in the mature expression of his thought. Heidegger reveals an impressive display of theological knowledge, protecting Christian life experience from Greek philosophy and defending Paul against Nietzsche.

Author : Essien, Essien D.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781799845966

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Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality by Essien, Essien D. Pdf

There is an interesting knowledge trajectory that God remains incomprehensible, not imperceptible. This lends credence to the fact that religious study since the Enlightenment has dedicated itself almost entirely to the problem of reconciling the non-existence of God in the physical world with his necessary existence in the metaphysical world. When seriously examined, it would be discovered that these two aspects are logically contradictory, and this is a problem with no solution. But interpreting God not as a physical being but as a phenomenological thing changes the nature of the problem enough that a solution emerges almost automatically. In this phenomenological model, the crux of the matter is that God does not exist, but God is real. Therefore, it is imperative to return to experience and verifiability, hence, purging it of unexamined and often hidden assumptions. Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality brings together the different disciplines and research approaches to provide a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenology of God and spirituality, as well as offering an effective epistemological apparatus capable of dealing with this concept. The book employs multidisciplinary approaches from religious studies, theology, philosophy, anthropology, and other segments to dissect the subject matter for efficient evaluation and all-inclusive findings. While covering various aspects of religion such as the testaments of the Bible, the church, the religious experience, and various aspects of spirituality, this book is intended for theologians, philosophers, religious leaders, policymakers, academicians, researchers, students, public institutions, and agencies with a special interest in religious matters, values, knowledge, and truth.

Author : Gavin Flood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441178220

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Beyond Phenomenology by Gavin Flood Pdf

This book argues that the understanding and explanation of religion is always historically contingent. Grounded in the work of Bakhtin and Ricoeur, Flood positions the academic study of religion within contemporary debates in the social sciences and humanities concerning modernity and postmodernity, particularly contested issues regarding truth and knowledge. It challenges the view that religions are privileged, epistemic objects, argues for the importance of metatheory, and presents an argument for the dialogical nature of inquiry. The study of religion should begin with language and culture, and this shift in emphasis to the philosophy of the sign in hermeneutics and away from the philosophy of consciousness in phenomenology has far-reaching implications. It means a new ethic of practice which is sensitive to the power relationship in any epistemology; it opens the door to feminist and postcolonial critique, and it provides a methodology which allows for the interface between religious studies, theology, and the social sciences.

Author : Benjamin D. Crowe
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780253027801

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Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion by Benjamin D. Crowe Pdf

Throughout his long and controversial career, Martin Heidegger developed a substantial contribution to the phenomenology of religion. In Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion, Benjamin D. Crowe examines the key concepts and developmental phases that characterized Heidegger's work. Crowe shows that Heidegger's account of the meaning and structure of religious life belongs to his larger project of exposing and criticizing the fundamental assumptions of late modern culture. He reveals Heidegger as a realist through careful readings of his views on religious attitudes and activities. Crowe challenges interpretations of Heidegger's early efforts in the phenomenology of religion and later writings on religion, including discussions of Greek religion and Hölderlin's poetry. This book is sure to spark discussion and debate as Heidegger's work in religion and the philosophy of religion becomes increasingly important to scholars and beyond.

Author : Sumner B. Twiss,Walter H. Conser
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0874515300

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Experience of the Sacred by Sumner B. Twiss,Walter H. Conser Pdf

A unique and highly accessible anthology of the best in classical and contemporary thought on the phenomenonology of religion.

Author : Anthony J. Steinbock
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-22
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780253221810

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Phenomenology and Mysticism by Anthony J. Steinbock Pdf

Exploring the first-person narratives of three figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mystical traditions—St. Teresa of Avila, Rabbi Dov Baer, and Rūzbihān Baqlī—Anthony J. Steinbock provides a complete phenomenology of mysticism based in the Abrahamic religious traditions. He relates a broad range of religious experiences, or verticality, to philosophical problems of evidence, selfhood, and otherness. From this philosophical description of vertical experience, Steinbock develops a social and cultural critique in terms of idolatry—as pride, secularism, and fundamentalism—and suggests that contemporary understandings of human experience must come from a fuller, more open view of religious experience.

Author : Joseph Dabney Bettis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Phenomenology
ISBN : UVA:X000110893

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Phenomenology of Religion by Joseph Dabney Bettis Pdf

"Religion today belongs in the forum of study and discussion. Scholars are exploring the claims of theology, the religious roots of culture, and the relation between beliefs and the various areas or disciplines in life. Students have not until now had a series of books which could serve as reliable resources for class or private study, in a time when inquiry into religion is undertaken with new freedom and a sense of urgency. With Harper Forum Books a new generation can confront religion through exposure to significant minds in theology and related humanistic fields." - Martin E. Marty, General Editor

Author : Archana Barua
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0739125192

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Phenomenology of Religion by Archana Barua Pdf

Phenomenology of Religion is designed to be a practical introduction to the discipline of acquiring an understanding of the art of communication, including religious communication, from a phenomenological perspective. It is an exploration of the meaning of specific expressions of religious life in a manner that does them justice, a manner that is emphatically sensitive to the viewpoint of the participants as well as appropriately objective. Out of the wide variety of themes covered by Husserl's phenomenology and later developed by Heidegger, Merleau Ponty, and others in different possible directions, the present work is an attempt at indicating the few features of the method which derives from Edmund Husserl's basic themes of the phenomenological movement and its methodology. It is an attempt at exploring the manner in which this method has been applied to the study of art and religion by other phenomenologists and accordingly to state and introduce the problem of this profound bulk--namely, the phenomenological apporach to religion--mostly in their terms. The present work seeks to provide insights into J. N. Mohanty's vision of phenomenology and of Husserl's ideas in particular, and contains discussion of some of the central issues which form the foundation of Husserlian transcendental phenomenology. Phenomenology of Religion will be of immense relevance to those who wish to pursue phenomenology from a cross-cultural perspective.

Author : Henry Duméry
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1975-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0520027140

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Phenomenology and Religion by Henry Duméry Pdf

Author : Michael Staudigl,Jason W. Alvis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351007146

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Phenomenology and the Post-Secular Turn by Michael Staudigl,Jason W. Alvis Pdf

Are we living in a ‘post-secular age’, and can phenomenology help us better understand the discontents of secularism? From Habermas’ claim that the secular hypothesis has failed for democratic reasons to the fact that religion, far from its predicted dwindling, is as strong as ever (or even stronger than before), some have concluded that secularism as we know it is over. Others have questioned whether we have ever truly been secular, if the concept applies only to European societies, or whether the very notion of religiosity is merely a weapon of pacification in the hands of Western universalism. The post-secular notion thus lingers between sociological fact and philosophical theory, and it is the latter that we need to investigate if we want to confront the challenges that any ‘return of religion’ entails. Although phenomenology has furnished manifold devices to rethink religious experience in a post-metaphysical way, its investigations often remain individualistic and beholden to unproductive dichotomies. This volume assembles investigations into secularism’s discontents by addressing religion’s role in forming the fabric of contemporary societies and unveiling new constellations of faith and reason beyond many beloved modernist dichotomies (e.g. theism/atheism, myth/Enlightenment, fundamentalism/tolerance) that often go under-investigated. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Philosophical Studies.

Author : F. Kristensen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789401765800

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The Meaning of Religion by F. Kristensen Pdf

Author : Arvind Sharma
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110888447

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To the Things Themselves by Arvind Sharma Pdf

Sinceits founding by Jacques Waardenburg in 1971, Religion and Reason has been a leading forum for contributions on theories, theoretical issues and agendas related to the phenomenon and the study of religion. Topics include (among others) category formation, comparison, ethnophilosophy, hermeneutics, methodology, myth, phenomenology, philosophy of science, scientific atheism, structuralism, and theories of religion. From time to time the series publishes volumes that map the state of the art and the history of the discipline.

Author : James M. Edie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015013012540

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William James and Phenomenology by James M. Edie Pdf

Author : James Cox
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441137128

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A Guide to the Phenomenology of Religion by James Cox Pdf

The phenomenological method in the study of religions has provided the linchpin supporting the argument that Religious Studies constitutes an academic discipline in its own right and thus that it is irreducible either to theology or to the social sciences. This book examines the figures whom the author regards as having been most influential in creating a phenomenology of religion. Background factors drawn from philosophy, theology and the social sciences are traced before examining the thinking of scholars within the Dutch, British and North American 'schools' of religious phenomenology.