Postmetaphysical Thinking and the Philosophy of Religion
This essay focuses on Chapter Six, “Are Religions Out of Touch with Reality?” of Kevin Schilbrack’s Philosophy and the Study of Religion: A Manifesto. Two objections are discussed: the rehabilitation of metaphysics and the concept “unmediated experience.” Throughout, Jürgen Habermas’s postmetaphysic...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 84-97 |
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Experience
Jürgen Habermas
philosophy of religion
postmetaphysical thinking
religious metaphysics
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| Summary: | This essay focuses on Chapter Six, “Are Religions Out of Touch with Reality?” of Kevin Schilbrack’s Philosophy and the Study of Religion: A Manifesto. Two objections are discussed: the rehabilitation of metaphysics and the concept “unmediated experience.” Throughout, Jürgen Habermas’s postmetaphysical communicative theoretic is drawn upon to field reasonable alternatives to Schilbrack’s proposals. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | In: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341353 |