Introduction: Munich Lecture in Philosophy of Religion 2023

Philosophy of religion, especially in its analytic variety, has been going through what some may call an identity crisis for the last couple of years. While it's true that analytic philosophy of religion has been an immensely productive and successful research program for quite some time the ch...

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Published inNeue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie Vol. 66; no. 3; pp. 269 - 270
Main Author Gäb, Sebastian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin De Gruyter 06.09.2024
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Subjects
Christianity
Christians
God
Identity
Identity crisis
Philosophers
Philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Religion
Religious traditions
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Summary:Philosophy of religion, especially in its analytic variety, has been going through what some may call an identity crisis for the last couple of years. While it's true that analytic philosophy of religion has been an immensely productive and successful research program for quite some time the choir of its critics is growing louder and louder. Philosophy of religion is preoccupied with Christian theism, they argue, in its most dogmatic and almost scholastic variety. Instead of trying to understand the phenomenon of religion itself, analytic philosophers of religion focus on a rather narrow set of questions linked with the Christian concept of a theistic God. Those unsatisfied with this development argue that a truly philosophical engagement with religion should not confine itself to one particular religion, but should rather include all the world's religious traditions, especially those which reject the idea of a theistic God.
ISSN:0028-3517
1612-9520
DOI:10.1515/nzsth-2024-0047