Religious Apologetics – Philosophical Argumentation

edited by Yossef Schwartz and Volkhard Krech

Book cover: Religious Apologetics – Philosophical Argumentation

Extent: 584 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Philosophy, Religious Studies

Series: Religion in Philosophy and Theology

Series volume number: 10

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2004)

ISBN: 9783161483103

Price: $93.00

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Whereas apologetics has often been associated with negative connotations, it is dealt with in this volume as a form of narrative self-assertion as well as a form of critical self-reflection and as an individual and a collective need to justify oneself using religious and philosophical methods. The essays focus not only on the religious aspect in self-definition but also on the structure and the assertion of one’s identity as a comprehensive self-creating act of lifting oneself into a state of consciousness. This volumes shows how the boundaries and the transition between religious apologetics and philosophical argumentation are fading and indicates that they will have to be redefined in individual cases. It also combines historical and contemporary case studies from Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

  • Edited by Volkhard Krech
  • Edited by Yossef Schwartz