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Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Phil

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Humanism, Antitheodicism, and the Critique of Meaning in Pragmatist Philosophy of Religion develops a distinctive approach to pragmatist philosophy of religion, and more generally to pragmatist investigations of the human search for meaning, by emphasizing what may be considered two closely interrelated main features of this tradition: humanism and antitheodicism. Humanism here emphasizes the need to focus on religion as a human practice within human concerns of meaningfulness and significance, as distinguished from any metaphysical search for cosmic meaning. Antitheodicism, in turn, stands for the refusal to accept any justification, divine or secular, for the experiences of meaninglessness that individuals undergoing horrendous suffering may have. Developing a critical form of pragmatism emphasizing these ideas, Sami Pihlstroem explores the relations between pragmatism and analytic philosophy in the philosophy of religion, especially regarding the question of religious meaning, as well as the significance of literature for philosophy of religion, with particular emphasis on William James's pragmatism.
Sami Pihlstroem is professor of philosophy of religion at the University of Helsinki.
Introduction Chapter 1: A Pragmatist Perspective on the Philosophy of Religion Chapter 2: Meaning, Metaphysics, and Humanism: Between Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy of Religion Chapter 3: The Plurality of Pluralisms in William James Chapter 4: A Poetic Pragmatism? Some Literary Voices in (and after) James's Humanistic Philosophy of Religion Chapter 5: The Problem of Suffering, (Secular) Theodicies, and Humanistic Antitheodicism Chapter 6: Natural and Transcendental Illusions in Kantian-Pragmatist Philosophical Anthropology Chapter 7: Losing (One's) Religion? Conclusion: Our Tragic Search for Meaning
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