| Pragmatic Theology: Negotiating the Intersections of an American Philosophy of Religion and Public Theology Contributor(s): Anderson, Victor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791436381 ISBN-13: 9780791436387 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $32.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Philosophy - Philosophy | Movements - Pragmatism - Philosophy | Religious |
| Dewey: 261.510 |
| LCCN: 97-12086 |
| Series: Suny Series, Religion & American Public Life |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.9" W x 8.94" (0.56 lbs) 172 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Pragmatic Theology argues for a vision of religious life that is derived from the tradition of American pragmatism (James, Dewey, Royce); empirical theology (Chicago School, D.C. Macintosh, H. Richard Niebuhr); and American philosophy of religion (Stone, Frankenberry, Corrington). The author argues that there is a divine reality in human experience that when encountered gives meaning and value to a person's need for cultural fulfillment and to his or her religious need for self-transcendence. The book commends the openness of nature, the world, and human experience to creative transformation and growth. It supports the increase of human capacities to create morally livable and fulfilling communities, the enhancement of the free play of interpretation, and a social order where democratic utopian expectations are envisioned and actualized. |
