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Author Erlewine, Robert

Title Monotheism and tolerance : recovering a religion of reason / Robert Erlewine
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 246 pages)
Series Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
Contents Overcoming the current crisis -- Monotheism, tolerance, and pluralism : the current impasse -- Learning from the past : introducing the thinkers of the religion of reason -- Mendelssohn : idolatry and indiscernability -- Mendelssohn and the repudiation of divine tyranny -- Monotheism and the indiscernible other -- Kant : religious tolerance -- Radical evil and the mire of unsocial sociability -- Kant and the religion of tolerance -- Cohen : ethical intolerance -- Cohen and the monotheism of correlation -- Rational supererogation, and the suffering servant -- Conclusion: Revelation, reason, and the legacy of the Enlightenment
Summary Why are religious tolerance and pluralism so difficult to achieve? Why is the often violent fundamentalist backlash against them so potent? Robert Erlewine looks to a new religion of reason for answers to these questions. Drawing on Enlightenment writers Moses Mendelssohn, Immanuel Kant, and Hermann Cohen, who placed Christianity and Judaism in tension with tolerance and pluralism, Erlewine finds a way to break the impasse, soften hostilities, and establish equal relationships with the Other. Erlewine's r
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Subject Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804
Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786
Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
Cohen, Hermann 1842-1918
Mendelssohn, Moses.
Kant, Immanuel.
Cohen, Hermann (Philosoph)
Freedom of religion.
Religious tolerance.
Abrahamic religions.
Enlightenment.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
Abrahamic religions
Enlightenment
Freedom of religion
Religious tolerance
Religiöse Toleranz
Monotheismus
Religionsphilosophie
Aufklärung
Natürliche Religion
Vernunft -- Religion.
Religion -- Vernunft.
Religionsfreiheit.
Toleranz.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780253003997
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9780253354198
0253354196
9780253221568
0253221560
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9781282539839