Critique vs. Evaluation in Post-colonial Philosophy of Religion

In A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion, Mikel Burley proposes a model of philosophy of religion that does not include the evaluation of religious truth claims as one of its tasks. On what he calls a “contemplative” model of philosophy of religion, philosophers, like most anthropologists and h...

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Published inJournal of the American Academy of Religion Vol. 89; no. 2; pp. 713 - 720
Main Author Schilbrack, Kevin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published US Oxford University Press 01.06.2021
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
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Philosophy of religion
Postcolonialism
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Summary:In A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion, Mikel Burley proposes a model of philosophy of religion that does not include the evaluation of religious truth claims as one of its tasks. On what he calls a “contemplative” model of philosophy of religion, philosophers, like most anthropologists and historians of religion, eschew arguing for or against their objects of study. Instead, they seek “simply” to elucidate the meaning of religious practices as possibilities for how human beings can intelligibly live their lives.
ISSN:0002-7189
1477-4585
DOI:10.1093/jaarel/lfab051