Whitehead on Religion in a Metaphysical Context: Some Pros and Cons
This article treats religion as a central concern in Whitehead. His view of rational religion relies primarily on rational inference, not direct intuition. Taking seriously in religion the nonreflective elements in human cognition would not jeopardize, but would strengthen, his treatment of the refl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Illinois Press
2022
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Process studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 95-117 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Whitehead, Alfred North 1861-1947
/ Religion
/ Rationality
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NAB Fundamental theology |
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| Summary: | This article treats religion as a central concern in Whitehead. His view of rational religion relies primarily on rational inference, not direct intuition. Taking seriously in religion the nonreflective elements in human cognition would not jeopardize, but would strengthen, his treatment of the reflective ones. While religion can certainly include vestiges of human savagery, it also promotes the ascent of humanity beyond social decay and enhances the art of life. |
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| ISSN: | 2154-3682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Process studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5406/21543682.51.1.06 |