Religious Apologetics - Philosophical Argumentation

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-3-16-148310-3
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 574 Seiten, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 880 g

Reihe: Religion in Philosophy and Theology

Whereas apologetics has often been associated with negative connotations, it is dealt with in this volume as a form of narrative self-assertion as well as a form of critical self-reflection and as an individual and a collective need to justify oneself using religious and philosophical methods. The essays focus not only on the religious aspect in self-definition but also on the structure and the assertion of one's identity as a comprehensive self-creating act of "lifting oneself into a state of consciousness". This volumes shows how the boundaries and the transition between religious apologetics and philosophical argumentation are fading and indicates that they will have to be redefined in individual cases. It also combines historical and contemporary case studies from Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

Zielgruppe

Scholars of Religion and the Philosophy of Religion, Scholars of Theology, Philosophy, Judaism and Islam, corresponding institutes and libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwartz, Yossef

Krech, Volkhard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Christliche Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Apologetik, Kritik am Christentum

Über Autor(innen)

Krech, Volkhard
Geboren 1962; Studium der Theologie, Soziologie und Philosophie; 1991-1995 wiss. Mitarbeiter an der soziologischen Fakultät der Universität Bielefeld; 1996 Promotion und 2001 Habilitation; seit 1995 Referent für Soziologie an der Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft in Heidelberg.

Schwartz, Yossef
Born 1965; studied Religion, Theology and Medieval Philosophy in Jerusalem, Zürich and Fribourg; 1996 PhD; Professor of Scholastic at the Cohn Institute (Tel Aviv University).

Yossef Schwartz: Born 1965; Professor of Scholastic at the Cohn Institute (Tel Aviv University).
Volkhard Krech:

Born 1962; 2001 Habilitation; Head of the Department for the Sociology of Religion at the ›Forschungsstätte der Evangelischen Studiengemeinschaft‹ in Heidelberg.