Styles of Piety - Practicing Philosophy After the Death of God

Informationen zum Autor S. Clark Buckner, and Matthew Statler Klappentext The last half century has seen both attempts to demythologize the idea of God into purely secular forces and the resurgence of the language of Godas indispensable to otherwise secular philosophers for describing experience. This volume asks whether pietymight be a sort of irreducible human problematic: functioning both inside and outside religion.S. Clark Buckner works in San Francisco as an artist, critic, and curator. He is the gallery director at Mission 17 and publishes regularly in Artweek and the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Matthew Statler is the Director of Research at the Imagination Lab Foundation in Lausanne, Switzerland. His current research is focused on practical wisdom as it pertains to organizational phenomena such as strategy making and leadership. He also has a Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Zusammenfassung The last half century has seen both attempts to demythologize the idea of God into purely secular forces and the resurgence of the language of God as indispensable to otherwise secular philosophers for describing experience. This volume asks whether piety might be a sort of irreducible human structure, functioning both inside and outside religion.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: S Clark Buckner, S. Clark Buckner, S. Clark (EDT)/ Statler Buckner, S. Clark Statler Buckner, Matthew Statler
• Con la collaborazione di: S. Clark Buckner (Editore), Matthew Statler (Editore)
• Editore: Fordham University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9780823225002
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-2500-2
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Serie: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Ph; Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie