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The twentieth century saw religion challenged by the rise of science and secularism, a confrontation which resulted in an astonishingly diverse range of philosophical views about religion and religious belief. Many of the major philosophers of the twentieth century - James, Bergson, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Heidegger, and Derrida - significantly engaged with religious thought. Idiosyncratic thinkers, such as Whitehead, Levinas and Weil, further contributed to the extraordinary diversity of philosophical investigation of religion across the century. In their turn, leading theologians and religious philosophers - notably Buber, Tillich and Barth - directly engaged with the philosophy of religion. Later, philosophy of religion became a distinct field of study, led by the work of Hick, Alston, Plantinga, and Swinburne. "Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion" provides an accessible overview of the major strands in the rich tapestry of twentieth-century thought about religion and will be an indispensible resource for any interested in contemporary philosophy of religion.
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twentieth-century philosophy of religion
the history of western philosophy of religion volume 1: ancient philosophy of religion volume 2: medieval philosophy of religion volume 3: early modern philosophy of religion volume 4: nineteenth-century philosophy of religion volume 5: twentieth-century philosophy of religion
twentieth-century philosophy of religion Edited by Graham Oppy and N. N. Trakakis
volume 5 the history of western philosophy of religion
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Editorial Introduction Contributors
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1. Twentieth-Century Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction charles taliaferro
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2. William James richard m. gale
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3. Henri Bergson john mullarkey
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4. John Dewey steven c. rockefeller
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5. Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne lewis s. ford
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6. Bertrand Russell a. c. grayling
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7. Max Scheler quentin smith
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8. Martin Buber tamra wright
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9. Jacque