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Zusatztext Grahams effort to uphold Christianitys distinctive intelligibility and point is passionate, deeply informed, and argumentative. This effort bears comparison with the greatest argumentative effort to establish via metaphysico-interpretive means the distinctive truth of Christianity: Hegelsin his Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Informationen zum Autor Gordon Graham is Henry Luce III Professor of Philosophy and the Arts at Princeton Theological Seminary. He previously taught philosophy at the University of St Andrews and from 1995-2005 was Regius Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. He has published sixteen books as well as many articles and reviews, and is founding editor of the Journal of Scottish Philosophy. He has broadcast regularly with the BBC, and is as an Anglican priest has served as an associate at several Episcopal churches in Scotland and the United States Klappentext Gordon Graham presents a bold new account of Wittgenstein's philosophy, which argues for its relevance to the study of religion and aims to revitalize the philosophy of 'true religion'. He uses Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy to argue in favour of the idea that 'true religion' is to be understood as human participation in divine life. Zusammenfassung Gordon Graham presents a bold new account of Wittgenstein's philosophy, which argues for its relevance to the study of religion and aims to revitalize the philosophy of 'true religion'. He uses Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy to argue in favour of the idea that 'true religion' is to be understood as human participation in divine life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Natural Theology and Natural Religion 2: Understanding Wittgenstein 3: Language Games, Forms of Life and Grammar 4: World-pictures and Groundless Belief 5: Philosophy as a Religious Point of View 6: Philosophy as 'Therapy' 7: Wittgenstein, James and Frazer 8: The Sacramental Universe 9: The Sacred and the Supernatural BIBLIOGRAPHY ...
