The Ontology of Gods - An Account of Enchantment, Disenchantment, and Re-Enchantment

This volume offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of religion, and proposes a new conceptual repertoire to deal with supernatural religion.  Jibu Mathew George offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the source and dynamics of religious ideation upon which belief and faith are based, at the fundamental levels of human reasoning. Using Max Weber's concept of  "Disenchantment of the World" as a point of departure,  this book endeavors to provide a pioneering philosophical and psychological understanding of the nature of enchantment, disenchantment, and possible re-enchantments as they pertain to the occidental cultural history in Weberian retrospect.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Entzauberung Der Welt.- 2. A Tale Of Two Realms.- 3. Naturalization Of The Supernatural.- 4. The God-Signifier And The Ontological Continuum.- 5. Supernatural And The World Process.- 6. In-Built Mechanisms And The Historical Efficacy Of Religious Systems.- 7. How Enchanted Could the Age of Faith Have Been?.- 8. The Ontology of Religious Narratives: Nuances, Potencies, and Crossovers.- 9. Trajectories Of Re-Enchantment.- Conclusion. 

Summary

This volume offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of religion, and proposes a new conceptual repertoire to deal with supernatural religion.  Jibu Mathew George offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the source and dynamics of religious ideation upon which belief and faith are based, at the fundamental levels of human reasoning. Using Max Weber’s concept of  “Disenchantment of the World” as a point of departure,  this book endeavors to provide a pioneering philosophical and psychological understanding of the nature of enchantment, disenchantment, and possible re-enchantments as they pertain to the occidental cultural history in Weberian retrospect.

Product details

• Authors: Jibu Mathew George
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319848846
• ISBN: 978-3-31-984884-6
• No. of pages: 117
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 8 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 197 g
• Illustrations: XXIII, 117 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Soziologie, C, Supernatural, Spiritualismus, Spiritismus, Soziale Gruppen: religiöse Gemeinschaften, Sociology of Religion, Spiritualism, Spirituality, Religion & politics, auseinandersetzen, Philosophy of religion, Secularism, Religion and Philosophy, Religion—Philosophy, Social groups: religious groups and communities, symbolic ideation