TY - JOUR
T1 - I called to God from a narrow place. A wide future for philosophy of religion
AU - Gellman, Jerome
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2011 European Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - I urge philosophers of religion to investigate far more vigorously than they have until now the acceptability of varied components of the world religions and their epistemological underpinnings. By evaluating "acceptability" I mean evaluation of: truth, morality, spiritual efficacy and human flourishing, in fact any value religious devotees might think significant to their religious lives. Secondly, I urge that philosophers of religion give more attention to what scholars have called the "esoteric" level of world religions, including components of strong ineffability, weak ineffability, and an alleged perennial philosophy. All this should involve a cooperative effort between analytic, comparative, and feminist philosophy of religion.
AB - I urge philosophers of religion to investigate far more vigorously than they have until now the acceptability of varied components of the world religions and their epistemological underpinnings. By evaluating "acceptability" I mean evaluation of: truth, morality, spiritual efficacy and human flourishing, in fact any value religious devotees might think significant to their religious lives. Secondly, I urge that philosophers of religion give more attention to what scholars have called the "esoteric" level of world religions, including components of strong ineffability, weak ineffability, and an alleged perennial philosophy. All this should involve a cooperative effort between analytic, comparative, and feminist philosophy of religion.
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U2 - 10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.380
DO - 10.24204/ejpr.v3i1.380
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049233937
SN - 1689-8311
VL - 3
SP - 43
EP - 66
JO - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
JF - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
IS - 1
ER -