Comparative Philosophy of Religion and Modern Jewish Philosophy:

Inverse Correlation: Comparative Philosophy in an Upside Down World

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion ◽

10.24204/ejpr.v8i1.71 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 79-116

Author(s):

Mark T. Unno

Keyword(s):

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Inverse Correlation ◽

Contemporary Philosophy ◽

Religious Worldview ◽

Human Limitation ◽

Final Work

Kitarō Nishida introduces the concept of “inverse correlation” (Jp. gyakutaiō 逆対応) in his final work, The Logic of Place and the Religious Worldview, which he uses to illuminate the relation between finite and infinite, human and divine/buddha, such that the greater the realization of human limitation and finitude, the greater that of the limitless, infinite divine or buddhahood. This essay explores the applicability of the logic and rhetoric of inverse correlation in the cases of the early Daoist Zhuangzi, medieval Japanese Buddhist Shinran, and modern Protestant Christian Kierkegaard, as well as broader ramifications for contemporary philosophy of religion.

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Deep Structure and the Comparative Philosophy of Religion

Religious Studies ◽

10.1017/s0034412500021739 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 28 (3) ◽

pp. 387-399

Author(s):

Michael P. Levine

Keyword(s):

Religious Belief ◽

Ethical Theory ◽

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Deep Structure ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Moral Reason ◽

Religious Thought

Through various applications of the ‘deep structure’ of moral and religious reasoning, I have sought to illustrate the value of a morally informed approach in helping us to understand the complexity of religious thought and practice…religions are primarily moved by rational moral concerns and…ethical theory provides the single most powerful methodology for understanding religious belief. Ronald Green, Religion and Moral Reason

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Descriptive currents in philosophy of religion for Hebrew Bible studies

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v67i3.855 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 67 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Jacobus W. Gericke

Keyword(s):

Hebrew Bible ◽

Interdisciplinary Research ◽

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Natural Theology ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Critical Evaluation ◽

Propositional Justification ◽

Bible Studies ◽

History Of Religion ◽

History Of

This article argued that the utilisation of philosophy of religion in the study of the Hebrew Bible is possible if we look beyond the stereotype of erroneously equating the auxiliary field with natural theology, apologetics or atheological criticism. Fruitful possibilities for interdisciplinary research are available in the form of descriptive varieties of philosophy of religion primarily concerned with understanding and the clarification of meaning rather than with the stereotypical tasks of propositional justification or critical evaluation. Three examples are discussed in the article: analytic traditions (Wittgensteinianism and ordinarylanguage philosophy), phenomenological perspectives involving reduction (bracketing) and comparative philosophy of religion that works in tandem with the history of religion and comparative religion.

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Hindu Disproofs of God

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199314621.013.29 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Nicholson

Keyword(s):

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Source Text ◽

Existence Of God ◽

The World

Among Hindu philosophical schools, Sāṃkhya is well known for its atheism. The Sāṃkhya-sūtra (c.14th cent. ce) is notable as the only Sāṃkhya source text to present positive disproofs of the existence of god (Īśvara). According to this text, it is impossible for god, an eternally fulfilled being, to have the desire to create the world. Its other arguments cite the problem of suffering in the world and god’s superfluity in relation to other causal forces as additional reasons that there can exist no omniscient, omnipotent, and benevolent creator of the world. This chapter concludes by discussing Vedāntic and medieval Christian responses to the disproof based on god’s lack of desire, and offers suggestions for how attention to argumentation in premodern Indian texts may offer new avenues of study for the comparative philosophy of religion.

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Reconstructing Philosophy of Religion in an Antitheoretical AgeReligion and Practical Reason: New Essays in Comparative Philosophy of Religions. Frank E. Reynolds , David Tracy

The Journal of Religion ◽

10.1086/489918 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 77 (1) ◽

pp. 115-120

Author(s):

Warren G. Frisina

Keyword(s):

Practical Reason ◽

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Philosophy Of Religion

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Introduction

10.1093/oso/9780190868239.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Ayon Maharaj

Keyword(s):

Comparative Philosophy ◽

Philosophy Of Religion ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Philosophical Inquiry ◽

Recent Movement ◽

Cultural Philosophy ◽

Cultural Project

The introduction articulates the two main aims of the book. The book’s exegetical aim is to provide accurate and charitable reconstructions of Sri Ramakrishna’s philosophical views on the basis of his recorded oral teachings. Throughout the book, the task of philosophical exegesis goes hand in hand with a broader cross-cultural project: bringing Sri Ramakrishna into creative dialogue with recent Western philosophers, thereby shedding new light on central problems in cross-cultural philosophy of religion. As a contribution to this nascent field, the book participates in the recent movement away from comparative philosophy and toward more creative and flexible paradigms for engaging in philosophical inquiry across cultures.

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