Realism and Religion: Philosophical and Theological Perspectives

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Routledge, 2017 M09 29 - 172 páginas
This book draws together a distinguished group of philosophers and theologians to present new thinking on realism and religion. The religious realism/antirealism debate concerns the questions of God’s independence from human beings, the nature of religious truth and our access to religious truths. Although both philosophers and theologians have written on these subjects, there has been little sustained investigation into these issues akin to that found in comparable areas of research such as ethics or the philosophy of science. In addition, the absence of any agreed approach to the problem underlines both the need for fresh thought on it and the fruitfulness of this area for further research. The editors’ introduction sets the context of the realism debate, traces connections amongst the essays which follow, and proposes lines for future development and enquiry. The contributors present a variety of contrasting positions on key issues in the religious realism debate and each opens up new and important themes. Gordon Kaufman, Peter Lipton and Simon Blackburn provide the opening chapters and the context for the collection; Alexander Bird, John Hare, Graham Oppy and Nick Trakakis, Merold Westphal, and John Webster explore topics that are central to the debate. This volume of original essays will both introduce newcomers to the field and suggest new lines of research for those already familiar with it.

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1 Introduction
1
2 Mystery God and Constructivism
11
The Immersion Solution
31
4 Religion and Ontology
47
5 Scientific and Theological Realism
61
6 Prescriptive Realism
83
7 Religious Language Games
103
8 Theological AntiRealism
131
9 Gods Aseity
147
Name Index
163
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Andrew Moore teaches in the Theology Faculty of the University of Oxford, UK. Michael Scott is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Manchester University, UK

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