God, Philosophy and Academic Culture: A Discussion between Scholars in the AAR and the APA
A striking feature of the current philosophical scene is the division between those philosophers of religion primarily associated with the American Philosophical Association and those primarily associated with the American Academy of Religion. This difference is loosely correlated with two others: the comparative dominance of analytic philosophy in the APA and of hermeneutical philosophy in the AAR, and the greater visibility of traditional theists in the APA. In this book eight prominent...
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A striking feature of the current philosophical scene is the division between those philosophers of religion primarily associated with the American Philosophical Association and those primarily associated with the American Academy of Religion. This difference is loosely correlated with two others: the comparative dominance of analytic philosophy in the APA and of hermeneutical philosophy in the AAR, and the greater visibility of traditional theists in the APA. In this book eight prominent philosophers of religion from these organizations explore the historical, cultural, and philosophical roots of these differences, their connections, and the prospects for rapprochement.
Contributors1Introduction3Ch. 1Between the Pincers of Increased Diversity and Supposed Irrationality13Ch. 2Traditional Theism, the AAR and the APA21Ch. 3Two Types of Philosophy of Religion29Ch. 4The Pros and Cons of Theism: Whether They Constitute the Fundamental Issue of the Philosophy of Religion39Ch. 5The Cultural Anthropology of Philosophy of Religion47Ch. 6On Taking God Seriously: Philosophy of Religion in the APA and AAR59Ch. 7Theistic Argument and Edifying Discourse71Ch. 8Analytical Philosophy and Theism79
