List Books » God, Philosophy and Academic Culture: A Discussion between Scholars in the AAR and the APA
Authors: William J. Wainwright
ISBN-13: 9780788503023, ISBN-10: 0788503022
Format: Paperback
Publisher: An American Academy of Religion Book
Date Published: January 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)
A striking feature of the current philosophical scene is the division between those philosophers of religion primarily associated with the American Philosophical Association and those primarily associated with the American Academy of Religion. This difference is loosely correlated with two others: the comparative dominance of analytic philosophy in the APA and of hermeneutical philosophy in the AAR, and the greater visibility of traditional theists in the APA. In this book eight prominent philosophers of religion from these organizations explore the historical, cultural, and philosophical roots of these differences, their connections, and the prospects for rapprochement.
Contributors | 1 | |
Introduction | 3 | |
Ch. 1 | Between the Pincers of Increased Diversity and Supposed Irrationality | 13 |
Ch. 2 | Traditional Theism, the AAR and the APA | 21 |
Ch. 3 | Two Types of Philosophy of Religion | 29 |
Ch. 4 | The Pros and Cons of Theism: Whether They Constitute the Fundamental Issue of the Philosophy of Religion | 39 |
Ch. 5 | The Cultural Anthropology of Philosophy of Religion | 47 |
Ch. 6 | On Taking God Seriously: Philosophy of Religion in the APA and AAR | 59 |
Ch. 7 | Theistic Argument and Edifying Discourse | 71 |
Ch. 8 | Analytical Philosophy and Theism | 79 |