Religious Disagreement and Pluralism

Religious Disagreement and Pluralism by Matthew A Benton

Epistemological questions about the significance of disagreement have advanced alongside broader developments in social epistemology concerning testimony, the nature of expertise and epistemic authority, the role of institutions, group belief, and epistemic injustice, among others. During this period, related issues in the epistemology of religion have re-emerged as worthy of new consideration, and available to be situated with new conceptual tools. Does disagreement between, and within, religions challenge the rationality of religious commitment? How should religious adherents think about exclusivist, inclusivist, and pluralist frameworks as applied to religious truth, or to matters of salvation or redemption or liberation? This volume explores many of these issues at the intersection of the epistemology of disagreement and religious epistemology. It engages in careful reflection on religious diversity and disagreement, offering ways to balance epistemic humility with personal conviction. Recognizing the place of religious differences in our social lives, it provides renewed efforts at how best to think about truths concerning religion.

Scholarly and well reasoned, Religious Disagreement and Pluralism accomplishes its goals of explicating the challenges to justified belief raised by religious pluralismIt does this using the unique toolbox that analytic philosophy brings to understanding reality and succeeds at showing the power of these approaches to raise new challenges and bring new clarity...there is much that can be learned and widely applied. Benton and Kvanvig have brought together a worthwhile resource for philosophy of religion students and teachers. * Zachariah Motts, Iowa State University, Reading Religion *
Religious Disagreement & Pluralism is an engaging and accessible compilation of cutting-edge research in religious epistemology. It is sure to be of value to anyone interested in thinking about the thorny philosophical issues raised by the diversity of religious opinions. * Jonathan Matheson, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *
Religious Disagreement and Pluralism will serve as a valuable resource for anyone interested in contemporary debates in either epistemology or philosophy of religion, and for those with a foot in each sub-discipline, it is a must read...Religious Disagreement & Pluralism is an engaging and accessible compilation of cutting-edge research in religious epistemology. * Jonathan Matheson, International Journal for Philosophy of Religion *
This collection offers a wide range of learned perspectives and it helpfully locates the crucial points of disagreement about religious disagreement. As a cutting-edge analysis by the leading experts, it also shows how religious disagreement is a uniquely messy topic. * Journal of Analytic Theology *

Matthew A. Benton is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Seattle Pacific University, where he has taught since 2016. Prior to that he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of Oxford. He earned a PhD in Philosophy from Rutgers University. He works primarily in epistemology, philosophy of religion, and philosophy of language. Jonathan L. Kvanvig is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, USA. He was previously Professor of Philosophy at Texas A&M University, Professor and Department Chair at the University of Missouri, and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University. He works primarily in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of religion, with related work in the philosophy of language and logic. He has published 18 books, and his work has been supported by grants from the Marc Sanders Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Templeton Religion Trust.

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ISBN 13	9780198849865
ISBN 10	0198849869
Title	Religious Disagreement and Pluralism
Author	Matthew A Benton
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	2021-11-30
Number of pages	304
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