The Highways and Byways of Ritual: Pascal and Xunzi on faith, virtue, and religious practice
Blaise Pascal contends that ritual is not simply an expression of religious faith; it is also the means by which religious faith is cultivated. While Pascal fails to offer a plausible account of how ritual can lead to faith, the classical Confucian philosopher Xunzis account of ritual - especially...
| Published in: | European journal for philosophy of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
[2016]
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-25 |
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Pascal, Blaise 1623-1662
/ Xunzi
/ Faith
/ Ritual
/ Character formation
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion |
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| Summary: | Blaise Pascal contends that ritual is not simply an expression of religious faith; it is also the means by which religious faith is cultivated. While Pascal fails to offer a plausible account of how ritual can lead to faith, the classical Confucian philosopher Xunzis account of ritual - especially his account of how rituals shape a persons character and how one comes to acquire a taste for the things that rituals achieve - is a helpful resource for extending and refining Pascals account of how ritual works to transform not just our actions but our feelings, desires, and beliefs, as well. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v8i1.68 |