Postcolonial Discontent with Postmodern Philosophy of Religion

Bilimoria, Purushottama

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“…These, for example, task themselves with Engaging Philosophies of Religion: Thinking Across Boundaries (Bilimoria et al, 2024), Diversifying Philosophy of Religion (Loewen & Rostalska, 2023), Renewing Philosophy of Religion (Draper & Schellenberg, 2017), providing Reconfigurations of Philosophy of Religion (Kanaris, 2018), and envisioning A Radical Pluralist Philosophy of Religion (Burley, 2020). Others warn of The End of Philosophy of Religion (Trakakis, 2008), attempt a Postcolonial Philosophy of Religion (Bilimoria & Irvine, 2009), try to chart The Future of the Philosophy of Religion (DuJardin et al, 2021), or conceive Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry (Wildman, 2010), or consider Philosophies of Religion: A Global and Critical Introduction (Knepper, 2022). I myself have previously reviewed the state of the field and such varied attempts to revive it in the course of proffering my own 'Prolegomena to a Buddhist Philosophy of Religion' (Stepien, 2023), and so there is no need for me to go into further details on these accounts here.…”

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How Not to Diversify Philosophy of Religion: A Critique from the Twenty-First Century

Stepien

2023

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Philosophy of religion has been the object of penetrating critiques concerning its continued near-complete blindness to all but a single religion. The need for philosophy of religion to open up so as to include more than merely occasional and tokenistic treatments of ‘Other’ religions is clearly evident from the slew of recently published titles concerned with diversifying the field. In this light, a book such as Victoria Harrison’s Eastern Philosophy of Religion should surely come as a welcome addition. And yet, unfortunately, this book turns out to be a case study in how not to diversify philosophy of religion in the twenty-first century.

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How Not to Diversify Philosophy of Religion: A Critique from the Twenty-First Century

Stepien

2023

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Assessing Wesley Wildman’s Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry

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2012

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The Problem of Relevance and the Future of Philosophy of Religion

Carroll

2016

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Despite the growth in research in philosophy of religion over the past several decades, recent years have seen a number of critical studies of this subfield in an effort to redirect the methods and topics of inquiry. This article argues that in addition to problems of religious parochialism described by critics such as Wesley Wildman, the subfield is facing a problem of relevance. In responding to this problem, it suggests that philosophers of religion should do three things: first, be critically self‐aware about their aims of inquiry; second, investigate concepts used by other philosophers, scientists, and religious studies scholars to identify and dispel confusion about religions; and third, following the model of applied ethics, work to clarify concepts and advance arguments of contemporary practical urgency.

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Postcolonial Discontent with Postmodern Philosophy of Religion

Cited by 4 publications

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How Not to Diversify Philosophy of Religion: A Critique from the Twenty-First Century

How Not to Diversify Philosophy of Religion: A Critique from the Twenty-First Century

Assessing Wesley Wildman’s Religious Philosophy as Multidisciplinary Comparative Inquiry

The Problem of Relevance and the Future of Philosophy of Religion

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