Interpretation of Religion Human Responses to the Transcendent

Name: Interpretation of Religion Human Responses to the Transcendent
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ISBN: 9780300106688

ISBN-10: 0300106688

ISBN-13: 9780300106688

Edition: 2nd 2004

Authors: John Hick

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In this classic work, prominent religious philosopher John Hick presents a global interpretation of religion, arguing for a religious response to our ambiguous universe and showing how the world’s different religions are culturally conditioned forms of that response. For this Second Edition, Hick addresses the major critics of his interpretation of religion, thereby enabling fresh discussion of his work. Praise for the first edition: “This book strengthens Hick’s position as one of the most significant thinkers of the second half of the twentieth century. . . . I highly recommend [it] to students of philosophy, history of religions, and comparative studies, as well as theology.”—Chester…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 2/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English




Introduction



The soteriological character of post-axial religion



Salvation/liberation as human transformation



The cosmic optimism of post-axial religion



Ontological, cosmological and design arguments



Morality, religious experience and overall probability



The naturalistic option



Natural meaning and experience



Ethical and aesthetic meaning and experience



Religious meaning and experience



Religion and reality



Contemporary non-realist religion



The rationality of religious belief



The pluralistic hypothesis



The Personae of the real



The Impersonae of the real



Soteriology and ethics



The ethical criterion



Myth, mystery and the unanswered questions



The problem of conflicting truth-claims


Epilogue : the future