Overview
- Aids rethinking the philosophy of religion through discourse from both philosophical and religious studies
- Presents work from both analytic and continental philosophical viewpoints and styles
- Brings key scholars into conversation with each other for the first time
Part of the book series: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life (BSPR, volume 8)
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This collection of essays on the philosophy of religion and its future brings together accomplished thinkers across several related fields, from comparative philosophy to analytic and continental philosophy of religion and beyond. Contributing authors address pressing questions including: Where does philosophy stand in relation to religion and the study of religion in the 21st century? How ought the philosophy of religion to interact with religious studies and theology to make for fruitful interdisciplinary engagement? And what does philosophy uniquely have to offer to the broad discourse on religion in the modern world? Through exploring these questions and more, the authors’ goal is not that of meeting the philosophical future, but of forging it.
Readers will enter a vivid conversation through engaging essays which demonstrate the importance of disciplinary openness and show that we do not need to sacrifice depth in order to achieve breadth. Modernity and postmodernity come together in a constantly evolving discussion that moves the philosophy of religion forward, while keeping an eye toward the experience accumulated in past centuries.This book will interest students of philosophy, theology, religious studies, and other fields that wonder about the place of philosophy and religion in today’s world. It also has much to offer advanced scholars in these fields, through its breadth and forward thinking.
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Keywords
- Analytic and Continental Philosophy of Religion
- Comparative Ethics in religion
- Comparative Philosophy
- Future of Philosophy of Religion
- Interdisciplinary Philosophy of Religion
- Modern and Postmodern Philosophy of Religion
- Philosophy and Religious Studies
- Philosophy of Lived Religion
- Philosophy of Religion and Education
- Philosophy of Religion in the 21st Century
- Pragmatic Approaches to Religion
- Religion, belief and race
- Religious Practices
- Rethinking the Philosophy of Religion
- Theology, Philosophy, Religious Studies
- religion and society
Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Malcolm David Eckel is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence (1998), and has served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities (2002-5), as well as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum. He also has served on the Visiting Committees of Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Asian Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
C. Allen Speight is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Boston University, and has been a Fulbright Professor at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2012), Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin (2003), a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 1990), and a Fulbright Scholar at the Hegel Archive of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1991-92).
Troy DuJardin has served as Assistant Director in the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religionsince 2015. He has also served as a writing fellow in the Boston University Core Curriculum, a teaching fellow in religious studies, and an instructor in philosophy.
C. Allen Speight is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Boston University, and has been a Fulbright Professor at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2012), Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin (2003), a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 1990), and a Fulbright Scholar at the Hegel Archive of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1991-92).
Troy DuJardin has served as Assistant Director in the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religionsince 2015. He has also served as a writing fellow in the Boston University Core Curriculum, a teaching fellow in religious studies, and an instructor in philosophy.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of the Philosophy of Religion
Editors: M. David Eckel, C. Allen Speight, Troy DuJardin
Series Title: Boston Studies in Philosophy, Religion and Public Life
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44606-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44605-5Published: 13 October 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-44608-6Published: 13 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-44606-2Published: 12 October 2020
Series ISSN: 2352-8206
Series E-ISSN: 2352-8214
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 281
Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Religion and Society, Religion and Education