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Philosophy of Religion After "Religion"

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Recent historical study shows that we did not always imagine religion in the way we often do today - as a special domain of life or society. The present volume seeks to move the philosophical study...
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Long framed in terms of Christian and secularist concerns, the 6eld of philosophy of religion has recently been attempting to expand to include a wider, more diverse variety of religious phenomena. At the same time, a growing body of literature within religious studies has called attention to the historical genealogy and limitations of the category of »religion.« If »religion« is itself a modern, secular extrapolation from Christian understandings, disseminated globally through colonial encounter, does the apparently more capacious approach to philosophy of religion simply reproduce the de6ciencies of the old under the guise of a false universal? The present volumeseeks to move the 6eld in the direction of a re;exive turn, toward an examination of the philosophical implications of the concept of »religion."
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Price: £65.60
Pages: 170
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Imprint: Mohr Siebeck
Series: Religion in Philosophy and Theology
Publication Date: 30 June 2023
ISBN: 9783161608926
Format: Paperback
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PHILOSOPHY / Religious, Theology, RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social and cultural anthropology

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