RT Book
T1 Religions, reasons and gods: essays in cross-cultural philosophy of religion
A1 Clayton, John Powell
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883491265
AB Traditional theistic proofs are often understood as evidence intended to compel belief in a divinity. John Clayton explores the surprisingly varied applications of such proofs in the work of philosophers and theologians from several periods and traditions, thinkers as varied as Ramanuja, al-Ghazali, Anselm, and Jefferson. He shows how the gradual disembedding of theistic proofs from their diverse and local religious contexts is concurrent with the development of natural theologies and atheism as social and intellectual options in early modern Europe and America. Clayton offers a fresh reading of the early modern history of philosophy and theology, arguing that awareness of such history, and the local uses of theistic argument, offer important ways of managing religious and cultural difference in the public sphere. He argues for the importance of historically grounded philosophy of religion to the field of religious studies and public debate on religious pluralism and cultural diversity.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BL51
SN 9780511488399
K1 Religion : Philosophy.
K1 Ethnophilosophy
K1 Religion : Philosophy
K1 Religion ; Philosophy
K1 Aufsatzsammlung
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511488399