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Author : Nicholas Adams
Release : 2006-05-18
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Habermas and Theology by : Nicholas Adams
Download or read book Habermas and Theology written by Nicholas Adams. This book was released on 2006-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws upon the work of Habermas to suggest a model for public religious debate.
Author : Maureen Junker-Kenny
Release : 2011-02-24
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 838/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Habermas and Theology by : Maureen Junker-Kenny
Download or read book Habermas and Theology written by Maureen Junker-Kenny. This book was released on 2011-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the theological reception and critique of Habermas' philosophy in the different phases of its engagement with religion.
Author : Nicholas Adams
Release : 2006-05-18
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Habermas and Theology by : Nicholas Adams
Download or read book Habermas and Theology written by Nicholas Adams. This book was released on 2006-05-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can the world's religious traditions debate within the public sphere? In this book, Nicholas Adams shows the importance of Habermas' approaches to this question. The full range of Habermas' work is considered, with detailed commentary on the more difficult texts. Adams energetically rebuts some of Habermas' arguments, particularly those which postulate the irrationality or stability of religious thought. Members of different religious traditions need to understand their own ethical positions as part of a process of development involving ongoing disagreements, rather than a stable unchanging morality. Public debate additionally requires learning each other's patterns of disagreement. Adams argues that rather than suspending their deep reasoning to facilitate debate, as Habermas suggests, religious traditions must make their reasoning public, and that 'scriptural reasoning' is a possible model for this. Habermas overestimates the stability of religious traditions. This book offers a more realistic assessment of the difficulties and opportunities they face.
Author : Craig Calhoun
Release : 2016-03-18
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Rating : 267/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Habermas and Religion by : Craig Calhoun
Download or read book Habermas and Religion written by Craig Calhoun. This book was released on 2016-03-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To the surprise of many readers, Jürgen Habermas has recentlymade religion a major theme of his work. Emphasizing bothreligion's prominence in the contemporary public sphere and itspotential contributions to critical thought, Habermas's engagementwith religion has been controversial and exciting, putting much ofhis own work in fresh perspective and engaging key themes inphilosophy, politics and social theory. Habermas argues that the once widely accepted hypothesis ofprogressive secularization fails to account for the multipletrajectories of modernization in the contemporary world. He callsattention to the contemporary significance of "postmetaphysical"thought and "postsecular" consciousness - even in Western societiesthat have embraced a rationalistic understanding of publicreason. Habermas and Religion presents a series of original andsustained engagements with Habermas's writing on religion in thepublic sphere, featuring new work and critical reflections fromleading philosophers, social and political theorists, andanthropologists. Contributors to the volume respond both toHabermas's ambitious and well-developed philosophical project andto his most recent work on religion. The book closes with anextended response from Habermas - itself a major statement from oneof today's most important thinkers.
Author : Judith Butler
Release : 2011-03-02
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere by : Judith Butler
Download or read book The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere written by Judith Butler. This book was released on 2011-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere represents a rare opportunity to experience a diverse group of preeminent philosophers confronting one pervasive contemporary concern: what role does or should religion play in our public lives? Reflecting on her recent work concerning state violence in Israel-Palestine, Judith Butler explores the potential of religious perspectives for renewing cultural and political criticism, while Jürgen Habermas, best known for his seminal conception of the public sphere, thinks through the ambiguous legacy of the concept of "the political" in contemporary theory. Charles Taylor argues for a radical redefinition of secularism, and Cornel West defends civil disobedience and emancipatory theology. Eduardo Mendieta and Jonathan VanAntwerpen detail the immense contribution of these philosophers to contemporary social and political theory, and an afterword by Craig Calhoun places these attempts to reconceive the significance of both religion and the secular in the context of contemporary national and international politics.
