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Zusatztext "The bulk of the book is one of the first comprehensive studies within the meta-philosophy of religion and it evidences all of the qualities of careful and perspicuous scholarship that have characterized Trakakis's earlier work." -- Religious Studies Informationen zum Autor Nick Trakakis is Research Fellow in Philosophy at Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia. He is co-founder of the Australasian Philosophy of Religion Association and editor, with Graham Oppy, of A History of Western Philosophy of Religion , volumes 1-5, published by Oxford University Press USA/Acumen in 2009. Vorwort An expert examination of the analytic-continental divide in the writing and study of philosophy of religion. Zusammenfassung Explores the 'meta-philosophy of religion', that is, the methods and assumptions underlying the divergent ways of writing and studying the philosophy of religion. This book also studies the weaknesses of the analytic approach in philosophy, particularly when it is applied to religious and aesthetic experience. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: The Beginning of the End 2. Theodicy: The Solution to the Problem of Evil, or Part of the Problem? What is a Theodicy? Sketch of a Theodicy The Anti-Theodical Critique Suffering the Consequences The Teleology of Suffering The Challenge of Ivan Karamazov Theoretical and Practical Problems of Evil 3. Meta-Philosophy of Religion: The Analytic-Continental Divide in Philosophy of Religion The Great Divide Preliminary Matters A Question of Style Entering Deeper into Metaphilosophy: Analytical and Continental Approaches Analytic Philosophy Continental Philosophy 4. Continental Philosophy of Religion and Objections from the Analytic Camp Continental Philosophy of Religion The God of the Philosophers and the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Objections from the Analytic Camp Poor Form: the Language and Style of Continental Philosophy Lack of content: the underlying commitments of Continental Philosophy Perspectivism Non-realism 5. Kazantzakis' Poor Man of God: Philosophy without Philosophy 6. After the End of Philosophy of Religion ...
