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Offers a unique perspective on the study of religion revolutionized by contemporary continental thinking.
In this important work, Jim Kanaris provides a unique approach to the study of religion, aiming to alleviate the methodological and ideological barriers that divide philosophers, theologians, and social scientists. This is a "philosophy of religion" for a wider audience than that designation usually circumscribes, and, for that reason, Kanaris opts for the broader "philosophy of religious studies." He hybridizes insights principally from the works of Bernard Lonergan and Martin Heidegger but also those of Jacques Derrida, Charles Winquist, and Tyler Roberts, among others. Kanaris combines this with a distinctive hermeneutical approach that gives rise to what he calls "enecstatic" philosophy, one that manages the irreducible complexity of one's individuality, a singularity, in the negotiation of one's objects of concern. Toward a Philosophy of Religious Studies is unlike any other book in religious studies. It provides a unique way to surface personal involvement in the study of religion without compromising scholarly objectivity and philosophical integrity.
"Kanaris argues that religious studies is more than just an academic discipline—it is where an encounter with the core of our own humanity takes place. Solidly grounded in the author's own experience of teaching religious studies, this book will be immensely helpful to all of those working in the field." — Colby Dickinson, Loyola University of Chicago
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Delimiting Enecstasis
1. Enecstasis: A Disposition for Our Times?
2. The Enecstatic Jig: Personalizing Philosophy of Religion
Part II. Contouring Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies
3. Philosophy of Religious Studies: The Changing Face of Philosophy of Religion
4. Philosophy of Religion Religious Studies Style
5. Derrida's Philosophy of Religion for Religious Studies
Part III. The Heritage and Modus Operandi of Enecstasis
6. Theorizing Religion Enecstatically: The Transcendental Gesture in a New Key
7. Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies: A Sidelong Bow to Self-Appropriation
8. The Normative Impetus of Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies: Dialectic and Foundations
Conclusion
Postscript
Notes
References
Index