Rorty and the Religious: Christian Engagements with a Secular Philosopher

Jacob L. Goodson, Stanley Hauerwas, Charles Marsh, Brad Elliott Stone

ISBN 10: 161097428X / ISBN 13: 9781610974288

Verlag: Cascade Books 2012-08-14, 2012

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-IUK-9781610974288

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Titel: Rorty and the Religious: Christian ...

Verlag: Cascade Books 2012-08-14

Erscheinungsdatum: 2012

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: New

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Prior to his death in 2007, the self-described secular philosopher Richard Rorty began to modify his previous position concerning religion. Moving from "atheism" to "anti-clericalism" Rorty challenges the metaphysical assumptions that lend justification to abuses of power in the name of religion. Instead of dismissing and ignoring Rorty's challenge, the essays in this volume seek to enter into meaningful conversation with Rorty's thought and engage his criticisms in a constructive and serious way. In so doing, one finds promising nuggets within Rorty's thought for addressing particular questions within Christianity. The essays in this volume offer charitable yet fully confessional engagements with an impressive secular thinker.

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Jacob L. Goodson (PhD, University of Virginia) is Visiting Professor of Religious Ethics in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of William & Mary. He has published scholarly essays in The American Journal of Theology and Philosophy and Contemporary Pragmatism. Brad Elliott Stone is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the University Honors Program at Loyola Marymount University. He has published several essays and book chapters in pragmatism, continental philosophy, and Spanish philosophy.