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Book SynopsisThe anthology focuses on the major classical pragmatist theories of religion. It is unique in pointing out pragmatist concepts of religious individualization as alternatives to the common secularization discourse and by stressing the compatibility of religious individualism with a positive concept of community.
Trade Review"While much scholarship has focused on naturalism in American pragmatism, this is the first anthology that offers a comprehensive look at transcendence in that tradition. It is thus an extremely important contribution to scholarship in the field." -- -Kenneth Stikkers Southern Illinois University "This volume explores the rich seam of religious meaning running through the classical figures of pragmatism. The essays employ topical, historical, and speculative approaches to a wide array of texts, with an emphasis on Peirce, comprising a feast of ideas and continuing questions circulating pragmatism's role in the tradition of philosophy, transcendence, and God." -- -Roger A. Ward Georgetown College
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Pragmatic Methodology in the Philosophy of Religion Christoph Seibert 2. Insomnia on a Moral Holiday: On the Moral Luck, Reward, and Punishment of a Jamesian, Sick Soul Sami Pihlstrom 3. Expressive Theism. Personalism, Pragmatism, and Religion Christian Polke 4. Ontological Faith in Dewey's Religious Idealism Victor Kestenbaum 5. Qualitative Experience and Naturalized Religion: An Inner Tension in Dewey's Thought? Matthias Jung 6. Pragmatism, Naturalism, and Genealogy in the Study of Religion Wayne Proudfoot 7. "... how you understand ... can only be shown by how you live": Putnam's Reconsideration of Dewey's Common Faith Magnus Schlette 8. A Brief History of Theosemiotic: From Scotus through Peirce and beyond Michael Raposa 9. "Man's highest developments are social": The Individual and the Social in Peirce's Philosophy of Religion Gesche Linde 10. The Dissenting Voice of Charles Peirce: Individuality, Community, and Transfiguration Vincent Colapietro 11. Religious Experience and its Interpretation: Reflections on James and Royce Hans Joas 12. Avoiding the Dichotomy of either the individual or the collectivity: Josiah Royce on Community, and on James' Concept of Religion Ludwig Nagl 13. Pragmatic or Pragmatist/Pragmaticist Philosophy of Religion? Hermann Deuser 14. Theory of Religion in a Pragmatic Philosophical Theology Robert Cummings Neville Notes Index
