| Description |
xvii, 290 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Claremont studies in the philosophy of religion |
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Claremont studies in the philosophy of religion.
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| Note |
[Papers from the] "1995 Claremont Conference on the Philosophy of Religion"--Page ix. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Is animism alive and well? / Richard Eldridge -- Is animism alive and well? A response to Professor Eldridge / Mario von der Ruhr -- Is religion a product of wishful thinking? / Lars Hertzberg -- Projection: a metaphor in search of a theory? / Van A. Harvey -- Psychoanalysis as ultimate explanation / John Deigh -- Psychoanalysis as ultimate explanation of religion / Ilham Dilman -- Sources of the self's sense of itself: a theistic reading of modernity / Stephen Mulhall -- Doing justice or giving the devil his due / Peter Winch -- Is religion the opium of the people? Marxianism and religion / Kai Nielsen -- Is religion the opium of the people? A reply to Kai Nielsen / David McLellan -- Dislocating the soul / D.Z. Phillips -- Immortality without metaphysics: a reply to D.Z. Phillips / John Hyman -- Voices in discussion / D.Z. Phillips. |
| Summary |
As the century draws to its close, how should we think of religion? Some see it as the survival in our midst of an outmoded, primitive way of thinking, while others accuse its critics of simply being blind to the meaning of religious belief. From a different perspective, the clash between belief and unbelief is not seen as a matter of identifying incoherent systems of thought, but as a clash between different demands made on us by divergent ways of looking at the world. Criticisms will flow between these perspectives. There is, however, another kind of interest in this situation: an interest in giving just characterizations of these different voices, so that the nature of allegiances and oppositions to religion may be better understood. |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Controversial literature.
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Religion. (OCoLC)fst01093763
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Religion -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01093794
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Godsdienst.
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| Indexed Term |
Religion Philosophy |
| Genre/Form |
Controversial literature. (OCoLC)fst01423907
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| Added Author |
Phillips, D. Z. (Dewi Zephaniah)
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Claremont Graduate School Philosophy of Religion Conference (1995 : Claremont McKenna College)
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| ISBN |
0312159668 (cloth) |
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9780312159665 (cloth) |
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0333620658 (cased) |
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9780333620656 (cased) |
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