Praise and Blame in Philosophy of Religion
Of all the sub-fields of philosophy, it appears to us that philosophy of religion (or philosophical theology) arouses the most skepticism and derision from non-philosophers of religion. It is not unusual for secular philosophers to accuse philosophers of religion of engaging in a practice without an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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| In: |
Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 227-244 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Dialogue B Philosophy of religion B Blame B Praise |
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| Summary: | Of all the sub-fields of philosophy, it appears to us that philosophy of religion (or philosophical theology) arouses the most skepticism and derision from non-philosophers of religion. It is not unusual for secular philosophers to accuse philosophers of religion of engaging in a practice without any hope of gaining serious philosophical insights. We offer some examples of such disdain and record how some see the field of philosophy of religion as dominated by Christian apologists who are not really practising philosophy at all. We believe that praise and blame have a rightful place in philosophy of religion, and philosophy in general, but our main focus is on times when blame seems inappropriate. We argue that some of the blame levelled by prominent philosophers against philosophers of religion and the field itself are, in fact, unjustified and not in the spirit of constructive, fruitful philosophical dialogue. We contend that by any fair assessment of the field of philosophy of religion, it is not dominated by Christian apologists and, on the basis of a number of non-question-begging criteria, the field seems as healthy as any other respected sub-field of philosophy. We conclude with a modest explanation as to why philosophy of religion arouses the disparagement it does. |
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| ISSN: | 1918-6371 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Toronto journal of theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/tjt.2026 |
