Philosophy of Religion - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Philosophy

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 14 pages of information about Philosophy of Religion.

Philosophy of Religion - Research Article from Encyclopedia of Philosophy

This encyclopedia article consists of approximately 14 pages of information about Philosophy of Religion.
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Analytical "philosophy of religion," still in its infancy in the 1960s, has developed markedly since then. Other approaches have certainly continued to play a part in philosophy of religion written in English, even more so in other languages. Process philosophy, for example, inspired by the thought of Alfred North Whitehead and exemplified in the ongoing work of Charles Hartshorne and others, has retained influence in philosophy of religion and in theology, probably more than in other areas of philosophy. Phenomenology, postmodernism, and other approaches characteristic of the European continent inspire important contributions to the subject. Indeed, there is often not a sharp line between different approaches. Continental writers such as Søren Kierkegaard figure extensively in undoubtedly analytical writing about religion, and analytical philosophy of religion makes such extensive use of medieval material as to be more or less continuous with neoscholastic treatments of...

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