This collection of recent essays confronts, from widely disparate perspectives, fundamental questions about the epistemology and semantics of religious claims. Is there any way, apart from a particular religious tradition, of knowing that the distinctive claims of a religious tradition are true or closer to truth than those of any other religion? Does 'God' in religious speech and texts refer to the same Being as does philosophical theism? A response by each contributor to the others' ideas is included.
Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - Where Are the Gods Now?; D.Z.Phillips - A Prayer for Understanding; M.Hollis - Religious Pluralism and Religious Relativism; P.Quinn - The Justificationist Roots of Relativism; I.C.Jarvie - Is Narrativity the Linchpin? Reflections on the Hermeneutic of Hans Frei;N.Wolterstorff - Concluding Responses - Comments; P.Quinn - Response;N.Wolterstorff - Responses; I.C.Jarvie - Perspectives; M.Hollis - Philosophers' Clothes; D.Z.Phillips - Index
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Notes on the Contributors - Introduction - Where Are the Gods Now?; D.Z.Phillips - A Prayer for Understanding; M.Hollis - Religious Pluralism and Religious Relativism; P.Quinn - The Justificationist Roots of Relativism; I.C.Jarvie - Is Narrativity the Linchpin? Reflections on the Hermeneutic of Hans Frei;N.Wolterstorff - Concluding Responses - Comments; P.Quinn - Response;N.Wolterstorff - Responses; I.C.Jarvie - Perspectives; M.Hollis - Philosophers' Clothes; D.Z.Phillips - Index
Klappentext
This collection of recent essays confronts, from widely disparate perspectives, fundamental questions about the epistemology and semantics of religious claims. Is there any way, apart from a particular religious tradition, of knowing that the distinctive claims of a religious tradition are true or closer to truth than those of any other religion? Does 'God' in religious speech and texts refer to the same Being as does philosophical theism? A response by each contributor to the others' ideas is included.
