Religion as a philosophical matter: Concerns about truth, name, and habitation

Lars Albinus

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2016

Religion as a philosophical matter

Concerns about truth, name, and habitation

Lars Albinus

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110468663

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The book works out new perspectives for a philosophy of religion that aims beyond the internal questions of rationality within a theological tradition, on the one hand, and the outer criticism of religion from naturalistic quaters, on the other. Instead it places itself within a wider philosophical view in line with groundbreaking thoughts about culture and a basic human 'conditionality' among interwar philosophers such as Ernst Cassirer, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Walter Benjamin, and Martin Heidegger. The book also offers a concrete interpretation of examples of religious phenomena displaying a human world-relation that centers on issues of 'truth', 'name', and 'habitation'. Finally, lines are drawn to Jean-Luc Nancy's current rethinking of Christianity.

Philosophy of religion, Interwar philosophy, world-relation

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Lars Albinus, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	1
1 State of the Art Publicly Available Download PDF	13
2 Demarcations and Deliberations Publicly Available Download PDF	23
3 Philosophy of Religion as a Social Phenomenon Publicly Available Download PDF	47
4 The Frames of Truth and Reference Publicly Available Download PDF	61
5 Of Name and Language Publicly Available Download PDF	104
6 The Condition of Habitation Publicly Available Download PDF	147
7 Perspective (Thinking With and Against Religion) Publicly Available Download PDF	204
8 Conclusion Publicly Available Download PDF	221
Literature Publicly Available Download PDF	225
Index of Names Publicly Available Download PDF	235
Index of Subjects Publicly Available Download PDF	238

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Scholars in philosophy, theology, religious studies, Specialists in the philosophy of Wittgenstein, Benjamin, Heidegger
Pages
- Main content: 249
Keywords: Philosophy; religion; Wittgenstein; Benjamin; Heidegger; truth; naming; world-relation

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Published: March 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783110468663

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Published: March 21, 2016
ISBN: 9783110468656