| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) |
| Series |
Value Inquiry Book Series ; v. 257 |
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Value inquiry book series.
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| Contents |
ONE: Theology and the Obsession with Identity -- TWO: Religion, Faith, and the Human Future -- THREE: In What Sense is Faith Rational? The Case ofBernard Lonergan -- FOUR: Divine Elbow Room -- FIVE: Divine Impotence -- SIX: The Levinasian Psychism and its "Others" -- SEVEN: Zange and Sorge: Models of "Concern" inComparative Philosophy of Religion -- EIGHT: Enecstasis: A Disposition for our Times -- NINE: Can We Continue to Use the Word "Religion" withImpunity? -- TEN: On Relations without Relations: Religion, Literature, and Psychoanalysis in Julia Kristeva's Theory -- ELEVEN: Doing Philosophy of Religion as Glocal Losers -- TWELVE: Deictics: The Other as Quest -- THIRTEEN: Owing Life: Surviving Your Father |
| Summary |
Philosophy of religion is a highly diversified field. An apt description of it is "zoo." It conjures imagery of a species-wide cacophony of sights and sounds. While some bemoan what this description implies, contributors to this volume appreciate it. There is no reason why a zoo should intimate a den of confusion rather than an important condition of emergence and novelty. "Polyphonic" is the catchall term to capture this sentiment. It signals a way of thinking that resists the desire to siphon insight into manageable packets of information in the name of historicality and finitude. A polyphon |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy and religion.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Methodology.
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Philosophy and religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789401208925 |
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9401208921 |
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9042036214 |
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9789042036215 |
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