Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion

Arguing, humanistically, that we live in a "human world" inescapably colored by meaning, this book shows why the pursuit of meaningfulness is not ethically innocent but must be subjected to critique. Pragmatist critique of meaning both embraces critical humanism and rejects theodicies postulating ultimate meaning in suffering.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: A Pragmatist Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 2: Meaning, Metaphysics, and Humanism: Between Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 3: The Plurality of Pluralisms in William James
Chapter 4: A Poetic Pragmatism? Some Literary Voices in (and after) James's Humanistic Philosophy of Religion
Chapter 5: The Problem of Suffering, (Secular) Theodicies, and Humanistic Antitheodicism
Chapter 6: Natural and Transcendental Illusions in Kantian-Pragmatist Philosophical Anthropology
Chapter 7: Losing (One's) Religion?
Conclusion: Our Tragic Search for Meaning

About the author

Sami Pihlström is professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki.

Product details

• Authors: Sami Pihlström
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2023
• EAN: 9781666926279
• ISBN: 978-1-6669-2627-9
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 513 g
• Series: American Philosophy Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; RELIGION / Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Pragmatism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism, Pragmatism, Philosophy of religion, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Humanist & Secular Alternatives To Religion, Humanist philosophy