Philosophy and the Study of Religions A Manifesto [Hardcover]

• Opens the discipline of philosophy of religion to the religious diversity that characterizes the world today
• Builds bridges between philosophy of religion and the other interpretative and explanatory approaches in the field of religious studies
• Provides a manifesto for a global approach to the subject that is a practice-centred rather than a belief-centred activity
• Gives attention to reflexive critical studies of 'religion' as socially constructed and historically located

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xix

Chapter 1: The Full Task of Philosophy of Religion 1

i. What is “Traditional Philosophy of Religion”? 3

ii. The First Task of Philosophy of Religion 10

iii. The Second Task of Philosophy of Religion 14

iv. The Third Task of Philosophy of Religion 19

v. What is the Big Idea? 24

Bibliographic Essay 25

Endnotes 27

Chapter 2: Are Religious Practices Philosophical? 29

i. Toward a Philosophy of Religious Practice 31

ii. Embodiment as a Paradigm for Philosophy of Religion 33

iii. Conceptual Metaphors and Embodied Religious Reason 36

iv. Religious Material Culture as Cognitive Prosthetics 40

v. A Toolkit for the Philosophical Study of Religious Practices 47

Bibliographic Essay 49

Endnotes 51

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