Why philosophy matters for the study of religion - and vice versa / Thomas A. Lewis.

This work argues for the need to close the gap between the fields of the philosophy of religion and religious studies. It maps the contemporary landscape of philosophy of religion in relation to religious studies and identifies hopeful signs of change.

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Main Author: Lewis, Thomas A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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520 8 |a This work argues for the need to close the gap between the fields of the philosophy of religion and religious studies. It maps the contemporary landscape of philosophy of religion in relation to religious studies and identifies hopeful signs of change. 
520 |a Work in philosophy of religion is still strongly marked by an excessive focus on Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism - almost to the exclusion of other religious traditions. Moreover, in many cases it has been confined to a narrow set of intellectual problems, without embedding these in their larger social, historical, and practical contexts. 'Why philosophy matters for the study of religion-and vice versa' addresses this situation through a series of interventions intended to work against the gap that exists between much scholarship in philosophy of religion and important recent developments that speak to religious studies as a whole. This volume takes up what, in recent years, has often been seen as a fundamental reason for excluding religious ethics and philosophy of religion from religious studies: their explicit normativity. Against this presupposition, Thomas A. Lewis argues that normativity is pervasive-not unique to ethics and philosophy of religion-and therefore not a reason to exclude them from religious studies. Lewis bridges more philosophical and historical subfields by arguing for the importance of history to the philosophy of religion. 
505 0 |a Introduction: Mind the Gap: Or, Philosophy of Religioin and Religious Studies -- Landscapes, Lacunae, and Prospects -- On the Role of Normativity in Religious Studies -- History in the Future of the Philosophy of Religion -- Beyond Comparative Religious Ethics -- Against Religious Literacy -- Conclusion: Hegel or Nietzsche? 
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