Wittgenstein's (misunderstood) religious thought / by Earl Stanley B. Fronda.

• Author: Fronda, Earl Stanley B.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophy of Religion - World Religions 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (264 pages)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Chapter One. Wittgenstein’s Religious Point Of View /; Chapter Two. The Theology Of The Early Wittgenstein /; Chapter Three. The Mature Wittgenstein On (Religious) Language /; Chapter Four. The Mature Wittgenstein On Seeing And (Not) Speaking Of God /; Chapter Five. ‘God Exists’ After Wittgenstein After St. Thomas Aquinas /; Chapter Six. Wittgenstein On The (Supposed) Evidence For God’s Existence /; Chapter Seven. Wittgenstein’s Religious Realism With Attitude /; Chapter Eight. The Wittgensteinian Philosophy Of Religion Is Misunderstood /; Chapter Nine. Concluding Remarks: The Difference It Makes In Understanding Wittgenstein’s Religious Point Of View /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283039400; 9786613039408; 9004186115; 9004186093
• ISSN: 2210-481X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Earl Stanley B. Fronda.

Wittgenstein's religious thought is not well understood. And Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion is charged with fideism, religious non-realism, and even crypto-atheism. These charges, however, are borne of misunderstandings that are a result of the critics' being oblivious of apophatic theology. This book is intended to help clear some of those misunderstandings and neutralize the above-mentioned charges. It argues that Wittgenstein's religious thought shares kinship with the thought of apophaticists in Christendom such as the Pseudo-Dionysius and St. Thomas Aquinas. What appear to be fideism, non-realism, or crypto-atheism to the critics appear differently to those who see Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion from the apophaticists' point of view--Wittgenstein's religious point of view.