Interpreting Religion
The Significance of Friedrich Schleiermacher's 'Reden über die Religion' for Religious Studies and Theology
Edited by Dietrich Korsch Edited by Amber L. Griffioen
Paperback (Published)
(June 2011)
ISBN: 9783161508530
6.18 x 9.17 inches
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Religion is an indispensable term in denominating the subject matter of Religious Studies as well as Theology. Nevertheless, the term is far from unambiguous and remains highly controversial. This volume undertakes an intense interdisciplinary examination of a seminal text that scholars of religion agree helped spawn Religious Studies and modern Theology, namely Schleiermacher’s Reden über die Religion.
The term religion is indispensable to the subject matter of both religious studies and theology. Many approaches attempt a reductive , essentialist, functionalist, or other type of unifying definition, but these approaches tend to rest on various, often controversial sets of presuppositions. Indeed, it seems impossible to overcome the vast plurality of understandings of religion as the academic fields that deal with religion splinter and proliferate, thereby inhibiting the rational treatment of a very important dimension of modern society. The present volume undertakes an intense interdisciplinary examination of a seminal modern text that religious scholars agree helped spawn religious studies and modern theology as we know it, namely Schleiermacher’s Reden uber die Religion , which lays out the most important and controversial themes under discussion by theologians and religious studies scholars: first, the significance of emotion for the understanding of religion; second, the role of imagination and religious utterances in religious belief; third, the importance of religion for the social world; and fourth, the political implications of religion. Mit Beitragen von: Andreas Arndt , Thorsten Dietz , Andrew Dole , Thomas Erne , Volker Gerhardt , Wilhelm Grab , Mathias Gutmann , Hans Joas , Jorg Lauster , Georg Northoff , Wayne Proudfoot , Thandeka , Theodore Vial
Dietrich Korsch und Amber L. Griffioen: Introduction Volker Gerhardt : Faith. A Feeling Borne by Reason Section I: Religion and Emotion Thorsten Dietz : Emotions between Body and Mind. Philosophy of Emotion and Schleiermacher's Concept of Feeling - Thandeka : Schleiermacher's Brain Science. A Translation Project - Georg Northoff : Brain and Religion - What are the Neuronal and Neuro-Epistemic Predispositions of Religious Belief? - Jorg Lauster : Religion as Feeling. Schleiermacher's Program as a Task for Theology Section II: Religion and Imagination / Representation Wayne Proudfoot : Intuition and Fantasy in On Religion - Andreas Arndt : On the Amphiboly of Religious Speech. Religion and Philosophy in Schleiermacher's On Religion - Thomas Erne : Schleiermacher on Music and Religion. The Sound of Schleiermacher in Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Music Section III: Religion and the Social World Andrew Dole : Religion: Human Nature and Social Nurture - Hans Joas : Schleiermacher and the Turn to Experience in the Study of Religion - Mathias Gutmann : Life and Human Life. Some Methodological Considerations on the Relation of the Hermeneutic and Scientific Concept of Life Section IV: Religion and Politics Theodore Vial : Religion and Politics. Schleiermacher's Reden in the Perspective of Religious Studies - Wilhelm Grab : Religion and Politics - The Contribution of Schleiermacher's aSpeeches on Religion in an Ongoing Debate: A Discussion with Ted Vial's Paper
- Edited by Dietrich Korsch
- Edited by Amber L. Griffioen
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Der Eine oder der Andere
Gott in der klassischen deutschen Philosophie und im Denken der Gegenwart
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Sinn, Symbol, Religion
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Science and Religion in Philosophical and Public Discourse
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Eine Auseinandersetzung mit Gordon D. Kaufmans Theologie der 'imaginative construction'
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Depotenzierung der Souveränität
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