Obstacles to moral articulation in interreligious engagement

The purpose of this paper is to confront a well-known problem in interreligious engagement in European institutions, namely the tendency to exclude contributions that do not conform to certain European expectations. It diagnoses problems produced not only by the problem but by certain solutions to i...

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Main Author: Adams, Nicholas 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
In: International journal of philosophy and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 84, Issue: 5, Pages: 309-325
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Sophocles, Antigone 332-375 / Shakespeare, William 1564-1616, King Lear / Morals / Statement / Philosophy / Interfaith dialogue / Scriptural reasoning
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
NCA Ethics
TB Antiquity
TJ Modern history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Articulation
B Ethics
B Morality
B Antigone
B Scriptural Reasoning
B King Lear
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to confront a well-known problem in interreligious engagement in European institutions, namely the tendency to exclude contributions that do not conform to certain European expectations. It diagnoses problems produced not only by the problem but by certain solutions to it, and to propose in outline an alternative approach. Chief among these problems is the imperative that members of traditions articulate their deepest moral commitments, in order to secure a common moral ground. This imperative has the unintended but drastic effect of excluding important voices in dialogue. Drawing on the figures of Cordelia (in Shakespeare’s King Lear) and Antigone (in Sophocles’ Antigone) it is argued that forced articulation distorts its objects. The theoretical framework of discussion is drawn from Hegel, Schelling, and Adorno as in interpreted by Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, and Andrew Bowie. The originality of the argument is the use of aesthetic theory in German philosophy to inform a critique of attempts to make morality central to interreligious engagement.
ISSN:2169-2335
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2024.2308123