Alternative Conceptions of the Spiritual: Polytheism, Animism, and More in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion - Hardcover

Dumsday, Travis

 
9781350382657: Alternative Conceptions of the Spiritual: Polytheism, Animism, and More in Contemporary Philosophy of Religion
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1350382655 ISBN 13: 9781350382657
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024

Synopsis

Analytic philosophy of religion and philosophical theology are known for being focused on issues pertaining specifically to Judeo-Christian theism. This volume answers the call for novel work on a broader range of ideas about the spiritual, engaging with key concepts and neglected recent literature from other traditions. Alternative Conceptions of the Spiritual engages with polytheism, animism, panspiritism and theophanism as propounded by recent philosophers and members of lesser-known spiritual traditions and new religious movements. Summarizing and assessing their core ideas and arguments with both clarity and sympathy, Dumsday combines respectful dialogue with logical rigour. Providing an accessible introduction to a rich and nuanced set of traditions largely overlooked in contemporary philosophical scholarship, the work will be welcomed by philosophers, theologians and students of new religious movements.

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About the Author

Travis Dumsday is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada. He is the author of Dispositionalism and the Metaphysics of Science (2019), Assisted Suicide in Canada (2021) and The Marian Apparitions at Zeitoun (2024).

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1350382655
ISBN 13 
9781350382657
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
236