Religion and practical reason: new essays in the comparative philosophy of religions

Introduction /Frank E. Reynolds --Part I : Self-understanding and issues of practice --A foreword to comparative philosophy of religion /Franklin I. Gamwell --What are Buddhists doing when they deny the self? /Steven Collins --Part II : Types of reasoning and issues of practice --Al-Farabi on religi...

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Subtitles:Practical reason
Contributors: Reynolds, Frank (Other) ; Tracy, David 1939- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Albany State University of New York Press c1994
In:Year: 1994
Reviews:Reconstructing Philosophy of Religion in an Antitheoretical Age (1997) (Frisina, Warren G.)
Series/Journal:SUNY series, toward a comparative philosophy of religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religious philosophy / Comparison of religions
Further subjects:B Comparative Studies
B Collection of essays
B Religion Philosophy Comparative studies
B Philosophy, Comparative
B Religion Comparative studies Philosophy
B Religion ; Philosophy
B Electronic books
B Practical Reason
B Electronic books Comparative studies
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Summary:Introduction /Frank E. Reynolds --Part I : Self-understanding and issues of practice --A foreword to comparative philosophy of religion /Franklin I. Gamwell --What are Buddhists doing when they deny the self? /Steven Collins --Part II : Types of reasoning and issues of practice --Al-Farabi on religion and practical reason /Paul E. Walker --In defense of rather fragile and local achievement : reflections on the work of Gurulugomi /Charles Hallisey --Part III : Practical reason and the flow of time --Chronophagous discourse : a study of clerico-legal appropriation of the world in an Islamic tradition /Aziz Al-Azmeh --Dis-solving a debate : toward a practical theory of myth, with a case study in Vedic mythology /Laurie L. Patton --The reason of myth and the rationality of history : the logic of the mythic in Bimin-Kuskusmin "modes of thought" /Fitz John Porter Poole --Part IV : Practical reason and the negotiation of difference --The rhetoric of revolution : comparative ethics after Kuhn and Gunnemann /Jeffrey Stout --The fear of Qing : Confucian and Buddhist discourses on desire /Francisca Cho Bantly --Concluding reflections --Comparison, pragmatics, and interpretation in the comparative philosophy of religions /Richard J. Parmentier.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
ISBN:0585055653