The Religious Philosophy of Roger Scruton
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In his most recent work, the contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton has turned his attention to religion. Although a religious sensibility ties together his astonishingly prodigious and dynamic output as
a philosopher, poet and composer, his recent exploration of religious and theological themes from a philosophical point of view has excited a fresh response from scholars. This collection of writings addresses Scruton's challenging and subtle philosophy of religion for the first time.
The volume includes contributions from those who specialize in the philosophy of religion, the history of thought and culture, aesthetics, and church history. The collection is introduced by Mark Dooley, author of two books on Scruton, and includes a response to the writings from Scruton himself in which he develops his idea of the sacred and the erotic and defends the integrity of his work as an attempt to give a sense of the Lebenswelt (or 'lifeworld'): how humans experience the world. He argues that religion emerges from that experience and transforms us from beings bound by causal necessity into persons who acknowledge freedom, obligation and right.
A unique and fascinating collection of writings that sheds light on this hitherto unexplored aspect of Roger Scruton's philosophy.
The first book to explore the religious philosophy of major contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton. The book includes a lengthy response from Scruton himself.
The first scholarly work examining Roger Scruton's philosophy of religion.
World-renowned contemporary philosopher Roger Scruton contributes a lengthy response to the writings
A useful summary and overview of Roger Scruton's philosophy as a whole for students and general readers alike
Introduction: Saving the Sacred
1. Roger Scruton as a Philosopher for Religion
Mark Dooley
2. A Transcendental Argument for the Transcendental
Roger Scruton
Part I: What is the Sacred?
Some Philosophical and Theological Responses
3. What is the Sacred?
John Cottingham
4. The Great Absence
Anthony O'Hear
5. Locating the Sacred
Robert Grant
6. Metaphysical and Doctrinal Implications
Brian Hebblethwaite
7. That Obscure Object of Desire
Fiona Ellis
8. A Glance at the Face of God
Michael Pakaluk
Part II: Recalling the Sacred
Philosophical and Theological Sources
9. On Finding Beauty and Truth in René Girard
Christopher S. Morrissey
10. The Problem with Plato
James Bryson
11. Hierophany or Theophany?
Douglas Hedley
12. Beyond Dover Beach
Alexandra Slaby
Part III: Sensing the Sacred
Aesthetics, Art and Religion
13. Religious Thought and the Sensory World
Mark Wynn
14. The Aesthetic Education of Mankind
Thomas Curran
15. Entering the Unknown: Music, Self and God
Férdia J. Stone–Davis
16. Art as Religion?
Vanessa Rogers
Part IV: Conserving the Sacred
Common Law, Conservatism and Conservation
17. Law, Liberty and Polity
Peter Bryson
18. The Loss of the Sacred and the Challenge of Modern Conservatism
Daniel Cullen
19. Loving One's Home in a Philosophical Culture
Charles Taliaferro
20. Thinking is Something Daunting
Chantal Delsol
Part V: The Sacred and the Secular
Charles Taylor and Roger Scruton in Conversation
Epilogue
No Through Road
Roger Scruton
Between scorched earth atheism and warring religious dogmas, there is a space where our humanity and our hunger for transcendence is to be found. Roger Scruton is one of the most rigorous, imaginative, and penetrating explorers of this territory. The Religious Philosophy of Roger Scruton is a much needed guide to this central aspect of his thought. The range and quality of the contributions is a tribute to his extraordinary reach.
- Title: The Religious Philosophy of Roger Scruton
- Author: James Bryson
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781474251334, 9781350041578, 1350041572, 1474251331
- Resource ID: LLS:9781474251334
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-11T02:32:34Z
James Bryson is a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Research on Religion (CREOR) at McGill University, Canada.