World Views and Perceiving God by Joseph Runzo
This collection of essays presents a systematic analysis of some of the foremost issues in the philosophy of religion. The focus is on the epistemology of religion, the most significant area of recent interest in the field. After developing a religious epistemology in the first half of the book, that epistemology is both further expanded, and explicitly applied to salient issues in the contemporary discussion. The central question throughout the essays is how our world-views affect our perception, especially our perception of God. The first essays set out a general epistemology of perception. The next two sets of essays build upon this in assessing the cognitive value of religious experience, and analyzing the proper epistemic foundations for belief in God. Then, in view of the role of faith developed in those essays, the final essays address the dual challenges to traditional theism of theological non-realism and of religious pluralism.
Joseph Runzo ( ed) is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Chapman University and Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University, he has published widely in philosophy and theology on issues of religious pluralism and religious ethics Nancy martin (ed) is Assitant Professor of Religious Studies at Chapman University. The recipient of a Graves award for the Humanities, her research has involved extensive fieldwork in Rajasthan, and she is an acknowledged expert on devotional Hinduism and the religious lives of women.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781349231089 |
| ISBN 10 | 1349231088 |
| Title | World Views and Perceiving God |
| Author | Joseph Runzo |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Year published | 1993-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 244 |
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