Homo Religiosus? (eBook, PDF)

Exploring the Roots of Religion and Religious Freedom in Human Experience
Redaktion: Shah, Timothy Samuel

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Produktbeschreibung

Are humans naturally predisposed to religion and supernatural beliefs? If so, does this naturalness provide a moral foundation for religious freedom? This volume offers a cross-disciplinary approach to these questions, engaging in a range of contemporary debates at the intersection of religion, cognitive science, sociology, anthropology, political science, epistemology, and moral philosophy. The contributors to this original and important volume present individual, sometimes opposing points of view on the naturalness of religion thesis and its implications for religious freedom. Topics include the epistemological foundations of religion, the relationship between religion and health, and a discussion of the philosophical foundations of religious freedom as a natural, universal right, drawing implications for the normative role of religion in public life. By challenging dominant intellectual paradigms, such as the secularization thesis and the Enlightenment view of religion, the volume opens the door to a powerful and provocative reconceptualization of religious freedom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108397186
• Artikelnr.: 50463207

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Jack Friedman and Timothy Samuel Shah; 1. Are human beings
naturally religious? Christian Smith; 2. Are human beings naturally
religious? A response to Christian Smith Phil Zuckerman; 3. On the
naturalness of religion and religious freedom Justin L. Barrett; 4. Sacred
versus secular values: cognitive and evolutionary sciences of religion and
their implications for religious freedom Richard Sosis and Jordan Kiper; 5.
Theism, naturalism and rationality Alvin Plantinga; 6. Alvin Plantinga on
theism, naturalism and rationality Ernest Sosa; 7. Research on religion and
health: time to be born again? Linda K. George; 8. Religion, health and
happiness: an epidemiologist's perspective Jeff Levin; 9. Why there is a
natural right to religious freedom Nicholas Wolterstorff; 10. Religious
liberty, human dignity, and human goods Christopher Tollefsen; 11. Human
rights, public reason, and American democracy: a response to Nicholas
Wolterstorff Stephen Macedo.