The Contemplative Spirit

Zusatztext

To understand reality in terms of what is possible has methodological implications which a contemplative philosophy makes explicit. The goal is no longer to determine how things are or must be but rather to provide an overview of how they could be and the diversity with which they already appear. The function of philosophy is not the discovery of a single answer but rather a careful description of the diversity and the heterogeneity of possible answers in different contexts and practices. This approach, inspired by Wittgenstein, was applied to the philosophy of religion by Dewi Z. Phillips (1934-2006) in particular. This volume explores his contemplative philosophy of religion in an intense and lively discussion, showing how the description of religious faith and the access to its practice and language change unexpectedly and provocatively in this way of thinking.

Autorenportrait

Ingolf U. Dalferth (Herausgegeben von) Born 1948; 1977 Promotion; 1982 Habilitation; Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology, Symbolism and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Zurich; Danforth Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in California; Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study in South Africa. Hartmut von Sass (Herausgegeben von) Born 1980; studied Protestant Theology and Philosophy in Göttingen, Edinburgh, and Berlin; PhD 2009; Habilitation 2012; 2022-24 Lynen Fellow at the New School for Social Research in New York City; Professor of Systematic Theology with a focus on Dogmatics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Hamburg.

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