The Philosophy of Religion

Ninian Smart

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Author
Ninian Smart
Publish Date
1979-10-11
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10
0195201388
ISBN-13
9780195201383
citemno
248316
Number of Pages
187
Edition
First Edition
SKU
9780195201383

Description

The Philosophy Of Religion is a compact introduction to the questions philosophers ask about religion. Its aim is to analyze and evaluate religious beliefs in their living context. Too often philosophy of religion has been both unrealistic and narrow - unrealistic because religious language is viewed in isolation from its context; narrow because too often religious language is identified simply with Christian language. This book attempts to remedy these defects. The first part explores the meaning of religious statements; the second part considers more directly issues about truth in these statements. Successive chapters concern the definition of religion, the inexpressible, the meaning of "the meaning of life," the idea of revealed truth, religion and nature, and the psychological and other theories of religion.