| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 172 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series, religion and American public life |
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SUNY series, religion and American public life.
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| Contents |
Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 The Pragmatic Secularization of Theology (starting p. 13) -- 2 The Pragmatic Reconstruction of Theology (starting p. 29) -- 3 The Vitalist Argument in Theology (starting p. 53) -- 4 Pragmatism and Religious Realism (starting p. 68) -- 5 Relational Value Theory in Theology (starting p. 80) -- 6 Pragmatism and Theology: Prospects of Rapprochement (starting p. 93) -- 7 Pragmatic Naturalism and Public Theology (starting p. 110) -- Conclusion (starting p. 133) -- Critical Bibliography (starting p. 135) -- Works Cited (starting p. 153) -- Index (starting p. 161) |
| Summary |
Pragmatic Theology argues for a vision of religious life that is derived from the tradition of American pragmatism (James, Dewey, Royce); empirical theology (Chicago School, D.C. Macintosh, H. Richard Niebuhr); and American philosophy of religion (Stone, Frankenberry, Corrington). The author argues that there is a divine reality in human experience that when encountered gives meaning and value to a person s need for cultural fulfillment and to his or her religious need for self-transcendence. The book commends the openness of nature, the world, and human experience to creative transformation and growth. It supports the increase of human capacities to create morally livable and fulfilling communities, the enhancement of the free play of interpretation, and a social order where democratic utopian expectations are envisioned and actualized. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-159) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Philosophy and religion.
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Pragmatism.
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Religion -- Philosophy.
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Theology -- United States
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Ethics.
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Ethics
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pragmatism.
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ethics (philosophy)
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Ethics
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Philosophy and religion
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Pragmatism
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Religion -- Philosophy
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Theology
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
97012086 |
| ISBN |
0585075336 |
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9780585075334 |
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0791494861 |
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9780791494868 |
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