History of Religious Imagination in Christian Platonism
«This book makes a compelling case for the important contribution of the Cambridge Platonists to the history of ideas and their relevance for contemporary philosophy. Douglas Hedley's erudite work is well represented and critically engaged with by seven outstanding scholars. Hengstermann is to be congratulated for this brilliant collection.»
Charles Taliaferro, Overby Distinguished Chair and Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, USA
This collection provides the first in-depth introduction to the theory of the religious imagination put forward by renowned philosopher Douglas Hedley, from his earliest essays to his principal writings. Les mer
Chapters trace the development of the religious imagination in Christian Platonism from Late Antiquity to British Romanticism, drawing on Origen, Henry More and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, before providing a survey of alternative contemporary versions of the concept as outlined by Karl Rahner, René Girard and William P. Alston, as well as within Indian philosophy. By bringing Christian Platonist thought into dialogue with contemporary philosophy and theology, the volume systematically reveals the relevance of Hedley’s work to current debates in religious epistemology and metaphysics. It offers a comprehensive appraisal of the historical contribution of imagination to religious understanding and, as such, will be of great interest to philosophers, theologians and historians alike.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 248
- ISBN
- 9781350172968
- Utgivelsesår
- 2021
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«This book makes a compelling case for the important contribution of the Cambridge Platonists to the history of ideas and their relevance for contemporary philosophy. Douglas Hedley's erudite work is well represented and critically engaged with by seven outstanding scholars. Hengstermann is to be congratulated for this brilliant collection.»
Charles Taliaferro, Overby Distinguished Chair and Professor of Philosophy, St. Olaf College, USA