Religion in the Making

Alfred N. Whitehead (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

1996
Fordham University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8232-1646-8 (ISBN)

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Offers an analysis of the various factors in human nature which go toward forming a religion, to exhibit the inevitable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge.

This classic text in American Philosophy by one of the foremost figures in American philosophy offers a concise analysis of the various factors in human nature which go toward forming a religion, to exhibit the inevitable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge and to direct attention to the foundation of religion on our apprehension of those permanent elements by reason of which there is a stable order in the world, permanent elements apart from which there could be no changing world.

Alfred North Whitehead (February 1861 - 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Judith Jones is a member of the Philosophy Department at Fordham University. Randall E. Auxier is professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. He is Editor of the Library of Living Philosophers and General Editor of the critical edition of The Works of Josiah Royce (1855-1916). He is former editor of the scholarly journal The Pluralist and author of Time, Will and Purpose: Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce. He writes widely on topics in popular culture and philosophy, especially about music.

Einführung	Judith Jones
Mitarbeit	Beilagen von: Randall Auxier
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 191 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-8232-1646-2 / 0823216462
ISBN-13	978-0-8232-1646-8 / 9780823216468
Zustand	Neuware