Reenchantment without Supernaturalism : : A Process Philosophy of Religion / / David Ray Griffin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Griffin, David Ray,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2000
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Cornell Studies in the Philosophy of Religion
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.)

The process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne has made many distinctive contributions to the philosophy of religion. David Ray Griffin now offers the first full-scale philosophy of religion written from this perspective, discussing such topics as the relationship between science and religion, the validity of religious experience, the nature and existence of God, religious pluralism, creation and evolution, and the problem of evil. Griffin's clear and comprehensive book also serves as a valuable introduction to process philosophy itself.In his vigorous defense of a worldview that is fully naturalistic and fully religious, Griffin shows not only how this position reconciles naturalism with freedom, genuine religious experience, and even life after death, but also how its naturalistic theism "reenchants" the world in the sense of providing cosmic support for moral values.Highly original and sometimes controversial, Griffin's book develops its stance in conversation with influential proponents of other philosophical positions, including William P. Alston, Jürgen Habermas, John Hick, Colin McGinn, Alvin Plantinga, Hilary Putnam, Willard Quine, Ninian Smart, Jeffrey Stout, and Bernard Williams.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: A Process Philosophy of Religion -- 1. Religion, Science, and Naturalism -- 2. Perception and Religious Experience -- 3. Panexperientialism, Freedom, and the Mind-Body Relation -- 4. Naturalistic, Dipolar Theism -- 5. Natural Theology Based on Naturalistic Theism -- 6. Evolution, Evil, and Eschatology -- 7. The Two Ultimates and the Religions -- 8. Religion, Morality, and Civilization -- 9. Religious Language and Truth -- 10. Religious Knowledge and Common Sense -- References -- Index