Fides and Secularity: Beyond Charles Taylor's Open Faith - Couverture rigide

Di Somma, Emilio

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1532649444 ISBN 13 : 9781532649448

Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

This book wishes to talk about two main topics: the Canadian political philosopher Charles Taylor and faith. Taylor, in his philosophical arguments on religion and secularity, has adopted what I call the great prejudice on religion and secularity: the two belong to utterly different spheres of human mind and sociality. In this prejudice, faith is used as a synonym of religion, or belief, and is understood as something that does not belong to the sphere of secularity. My argument contradicts precisely this common belief. Is faith more of an anthropological attitude towards reality than a religious one? Can we criticize Taylor's philosophy on these grounds? To develop my argument, I will attempt to develop a dialogue between continental and Anglo-American philosophers and theologians, in the hope of convincing the readers that we should change radically the way we discuss faith, religion, and secularism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Emilio Di Somma is currently a high school teacher in Italy; his passion to understand and solve issues of violence flows through his teaching and research activities. He has recently completed his PhD in Divinity at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, and has presented his research at numerous international conferences centered on philosophy of religion and politics. His main research interests focus on political theology, ethics, and philosophy of religions. This is his first book.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532649444
• ISBN 13: 9781532649448
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 238
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• Personne responsable: non disponible