| Description |
1 online resource (x, 246 pages) |
| Series |
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion |
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
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| SUBJECT |
Cohen, Hermann, 1842-1918 fast |
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 fast |
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Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786 fast |
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Mendelssohn, Moses 1729-1786 gnd |
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Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 gnd |
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Cohen, Hermann 1842-1918 gnd |
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Mendelssohn, Moses. swd |
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Kant, Immanuel. swd |
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Cohen, Hermann (Philosoph) swd |
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Freedom of religion.
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Religious tolerance.
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Abrahamic religions.
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Enlightenment.
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Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies.
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Abrahamic religions
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Enlightenment
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Freedom of religion
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Religious tolerance
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Religiöse Toleranz
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Monotheismus
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Religionsphilosophie
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Aufklärung
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Natürliche Religion
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Vernunft -- Religion.
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Religion -- Vernunft.
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Religionsfreiheit.
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Toleranz.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253003997 |
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0253003997 |
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9780253354198 |
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0253354196 |
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9780253221568 |
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0253221560 |
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1282539833 |
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9781282539839 |
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