Rationality And The Study Of Religion

Author : Jeppe Sinding Jensen,Luther Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136480317

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Rationality and the Study of Religion by Jeppe Sinding Jensen,Luther Martin Pdf

Does rationality, the intellectual bedrock of all science, apply to the study of religion? Religion, arguably the most subjective area of human behaviour, has particular challenges associated with its study. Attracting crowd-healers, conjurers, the pious and the prophetic alongside comparativists and sceptics, it excites opinions and generalizations whilst seldom explicitly staking out the territory for the discussions in which it partakes. Increasingly, scholars argue that religious study needs to define and critique its own field, and to distinguish itself from theology and other non-objective disciplines. Yet how can rational techniques be applied to beliefs and states of mind regarded by some as beyond the scope of human reason? Can these be made empirically testable, or comparable and replicable within academic communities? Can science explicate religion without reducing it to mere superstition, or redefine its truth in some empirical but meaningful way? Featuring contributions from leading international experts including Donald Wiebe, Roger Trigg and Michael Pye, Rationality and the Study of Religion gets under the surface of the religious studies discipline to expose the ideologies beneath. Reopening debate in a neglected yet philosophically significant field, it questions the role of rationality in religious anthropology, natural history and anti-scientific theologies, with implications not only for supposedly objective disciplines but for our deepest attitudes to personal experience. 'Interesting and important. Religion has long been associated with irrationality, both by its defenders and its critics, and the topic of rationality has been unjustly neglected The book certainly deserves to be widely circulated.' Greg Alles, Western Maryland College

Author : Mikael Stenmark
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780268091675

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Rationality in Science, Religion, and Everyday Life by Mikael Stenmark Pdf

Mikael Stenmark examines four models of rationality and argues for a discussion of rationality that takes into account the function and aim of such human practices as science and religion.

Author : J. Wentzel van Huyssteen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-20
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0802838685

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The Shaping of Rationality by J. Wentzel van Huyssteen Pdf

This book arises out of a deep fascination with the relationship between human intelligence and rationality, and with how our fragile but uniquely human ability to be rational invariably affects our everyday lives as well as our involvement with faith, theology, and the spectacular scientific achievements of our time. After carefully analyzing the notion of rationality and examining how the skill of rationality is being challenged by postmodern culture, J. Wentzel van Huyssteen argues that it is precisely the problem of rationality that holds the key to understanding the complex forces shaping the radically different domains of religion and science today.

Author : Stanley J. Tambiah
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1990-03-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521376319

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Magic, Science and Religion and the Scope of Rationality by Stanley J. Tambiah Pdf

This accessible and illuminating book explores the classical opposition between magic, science and religion.

Author : Josh A. Reeves
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-30
Category : Philosophy of religion
ISBN : 0367585812

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Against Methodology in Science and Religion by Josh A. Reeves Pdf

This is a bold study of the methodology of Science and Religion that pushes both subjects to consider the other more carefully.

Author : Cornelius F. Dalaney
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608008818

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Rationality and Religious Belief by Cornelius F. Dalaney Pdf

Author : Joshua L. Golding
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351773294

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Rationality and Religious Theism by Joshua L. Golding Pdf

Throughout the ages one of the central topics in philosophy of religion has been the rationality of theistic belief. This book proposes that parties on both sides of this debate might shift their attention in a different direction, by focusing on the question of whether it is rational to be a religious theist. Explaining that having theistic beliefs is primarily a cognitive affair but being a religious theist involves a whole way of life that includes one's beliefs, Golding argues that it can be pragmatically rational to be a religious theist even if the evidence for God’s existence is minimal. The argument is applied to the case of Judaism, articulating what is involved in religious Judaism and arguing that it is rationally defensible to be a religious Jew. The book concludes with a discussion of whether a similar argument might be constructed for other versions of religious theism such as Christianity or Islam, and for non-theistic religions such as Taoism or Buddhism. Joshua Golding offers a carefully wrought explanation of how it can be rational for someone to live a religious life, in particular (but not necessarily only), a traditional Jewish life.

Author : Hans van Eyghen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319902395

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New Developments in the Cognitive Science of Religion by Hans van Eyghen Pdf

It is widely thought that the cognitive science of religion (CSR) may have a bearing on the epistemic status of religious beliefs and on other topics in philosophy of religion. Epistemologists have used theories from CSR to argue both for and against the rationality of religious beliefs, or they have claimed that CSR is neutral vis-à-vis the epistemic status of religious belief. However, since CSR is a rapidly evolving discipline, a great deal of earlier research on the topic has become dated. Furthermore, most of the debate on the epistemic consequences of CSR has not taken into account insights from the philosophy of science, such as explanatory pluralism and explanatory levels. This volume overcomes these deficiencies. This volume brings together new philosophical reflection on CSR. It examines the influence of CSR theories on the epistemic status of religious beliefs; it discusses its impact on philosophy of religion; and it offers new insights for CSR. The book addresses the question of whether or not the plurality of theories in CSR makes epistemic conclusions about religious belief unwarranted. It also explores the impact of CSR on other topics in philosophy of religion like the cognitive consequences of sin and naturalism. Finally, the book investigates what the main theories in CSR aim to explain, and addresses the strengths and weaknesses of CSR.

Author : Roger Trigg
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1998-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631197486

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Rationality and Religion by Roger Trigg Pdf

Rationality and Religion deals with the perennial question of how far religious faith needs reason.

Author : Thomas D. Senor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781501744839

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The Rationality of Belief and the Plurality of Faith by Thomas D. Senor Pdf

A veritable who's who in the field of contemporary philosophy of religion here considers various issues in the epistemology of religious beliefs. The writings of William P. Alston, the leading figure in the revival of the Anglo-American philosophy of religion, provide the focus of these essays, all but two previously unpublished. Philosophers of religion, meta-physicians, epistemologists, and theologians will find in this volume some of the most important work available in the theory of knowledge and the epistemic status of religious belief.

Author : Jeppe Sinding Jensen,Luther Martin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136480249

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Rationality and the Study of Religion by Jeppe Sinding Jensen,Luther Martin Pdf

Does rationality, the intellectual bedrock of all science, apply to the study of religion? Religion, arguably the most subjective area of human behaviour, has particular challenges associated with its study. Attracting crowd-healers, conjurers, the pious and the prophetic alongside comparativists and sceptics, it excites opinions and generalizations whilst seldom explicitly staking out the territory for the discussions in which it partakes. Increasingly, scholars argue that religious study needs to define and critique its own field, and to distinguish itself from theology and other non-objective disciplines. Yet how can rational techniques be applied to beliefs and states of mind regarded by some as beyond the scope of human reason? Can these be made empirically testable, or comparable and replicable within academic communities? Can science explicate religion without reducing it to mere superstition, or redefine its truth in some empirical but meaningful way? Featuring contributions from leading international experts including Donald Wiebe, Roger Trigg and Michael Pye, Rationality and the Study of Religion gets under the surface of the religious studies discipline to expose the ideologies beneath. Reopening debate in a neglected yet philosophically significant field, it questions the role of rationality in religious anthropology, natural history and anti-scientific theologies, with implications not only for supposedly objective disciplines but for our deepest attitudes to personal experience. 'Interesting and important. Religion has long been associated with irrationality, both by its defenders and its critics, and the topic of rationality has been unjustly neglected The book certainly deserves to be widely circulated.' Greg Alles, Western Maryland College

Author : Jeff Jordan,Daniel Howard-Snyder
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X004017859

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Faith, Freedom, and Rationality by Jeff Jordan,Daniel Howard-Snyder Pdf

The philosophy of religion, once considered a deviation from an otherwise analytically rigorous discipline, has flourished over the past two decades. This collection of new essays by twelve distinguished philosophers of religion explores three broad themes: religious attitudes of belief, acceptance, and love; human and divine freedom; and the rationality of religious belief.

Author : F. LeRon Shults
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780802827890

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The Evolution of Rationality by F. LeRon Shults Pdf

How can science and religion move together toward a collegial future? J. Wentzel van Huyssteen has spent decades developing an interdisciplinary platform for the fruitful engagement of science and religion. Compiled to celebrate van Huyssteen's 65th birthday, The Evolution of Rationalitygathers a stellar roster of scholars in van Huyssteen's main areas of philosophy, science, and theology. The contributors -- some of them Gifford lecturers and Templeton Prize winners -- offer significant new methodological and material proposals, giving evidence of van Huyssteen's impact on the shape and texture of interdisciplinary conversation itself. Their essays are arranged in three parts: modern and postmodern philosophical challenges to our understanding of rationality scientific, evolutionary perspectives on the nature and development of human rationality in relation to religion religious and theological explorations of the evolution of rationality However, because the authors are all involved in interdisciplinary dialogue, this philosophical-scientific-theological arrangement of chapters is not hard and fast. Virtually every essay engages issues that overlap all three fields, forming an extremely rich blend of thought. A creative interdisciplinary collection written by world-renowned philosophers, scientists, and theologians, The Evolution of Rationality renders fitting tribute to pioneering scholar-mentor J. Wentzel van Huyssteen. Contributors: John Hedley Brooke Delwin Brown Philip Clayton Jean Clottes F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp David Fergusson Niels Henrik Gregersen David Lewis-Williams George Newlands Richard Robert Osmer Arthur Peacocke Kenneth A. Reynhout Holmes Rolston III Michael Ruse Calvin O. Schrag F. LeRon Shults Christopher Southgate Michael L. Spezio Mikael Stenmark Jerome A. Stone Ian Tattersall Roger Trigg Keith Ward Wesley J. Wildman

Author : Robert Audi,William J. Wainwright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UVA:X001065909

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Rationality, Religious Belief, and Moral Commitment by Robert Audi,William J. Wainwright Pdf

This book is unified by three broad concerns: the rationality of belief in God, the relation between religion and morality, and the explication of the concept of God. The essays are, however, marked by diversity. Some focus on historical figures, such as Aquinas and Locke; others bring recent epistemological and metaphysical developments to bear on problems of religious belief. Some of the papers explore neglected issues central to religious practice, such as the question of how total devotion to God can permit other deep commitments; others apply philosophical distinctions from within a religious tradition, for example, in setting out a Christian approach to the problem of evil.

Author : Michael C. Banner
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Foi et raison
ISBN : 0198240198

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The Justification of Science and the Rationality of Religious Belief by Michael C. Banner Pdf

The author examines the nature of scientific theories and of religious belief, and argues that religious belief can receive a defence as compelling as that given to the best scientific theories.