{"product_id":"religion-and-the-hermeneutics-of-contemplation-paperback-9780521008464","title":"Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation (Paperback) 9780521008464","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eReligion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeading philosopher of religion D. Z. Phillips examines the conceptual assumptions of atheistic thought.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eD. Z. Phillips (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521008464, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 July 2001\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 2.1 cm, 0.555 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… there is no doubt that he has produced an extremely important corrective to long-standing and persisting misunderstandings in the study of religion. As such, it is a book that deserves to be widely read.' Theology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLeading philosopher of religion D. Z. Phillips argues that intellectuals need not see their task as being for or against religion, but as one of understanding it. What stands in the way of this task are certain methodological assumptions about what enquiry into religion must be. Beginning with Bernard Williams on Greek gods, Phillips goes on to examine these assumptions in the work of Hume, Feuerbach, Marx, Frazer, Tylor, Marett, Freud, Durkheim, Lévy-Bruhl, Berger and Winch. The result exposes confusion, but also gives logical space to religious belief without advocating personal acceptance of that belief, and shows how the academic study of religion may return to the contemplative task of doing conceptual justice to the world. Religion and the Hermeneutics of Contemplation extends in important ways D. Z. Phillips' seminal 1976 book Religion without Explanation. It will be of interest to scholars and students of philosophy, anthropology, sociology and theology.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Hermeneutics and the philosophical future of religious studies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Bernard Williams on the gods and us\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hume's legacy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Feuerbach: religion's secret\u003cbr\u003e 5. Marx and Engels: religion, alienation and compensation\u003cbr\u003e 6. Tylor and Frazer: are religious beliefs mistaken hypotheses?\u003cbr\u003e 7. Marett: primitive reactions\u003cbr\u003e 8. Freud: the battle for 'earliest' things\u003cbr\u003e 9. Durkheim: religion as a social construct\u003cbr\u003e 10. Lévy-Bruhl: primitive logic\u003cbr\u003e 11. Berger: the avoidance of discourse\u003cbr\u003e 12. Which: trying to understand\u003cbr\u003e 13. Understanding: a philosophical vocation.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Spirituality \u0026amp; religious experience [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Spirituality \u0026amp; religious experience\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Spirituality%20\u0026amp;%20religious%20experience%20%5BHRLK%5D%22\"\u003eHRLK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005573320984,"sku":"9780521008464","price":36.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521008464i_34a3e81b-fa6b-4938-ba21-e5358b1bd9c6.jpg?v=1691376579","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/religion-and-the-hermeneutics-of-contemplation-paperback-9780521008464","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}