Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief

This Special Issue addresses philosophical questions regarding various non-classical religious beliefs. The contemporary philosophy of religion includes an active and venerable tradition of arguments concerning religious beliefs. While some new approaches address different questions, the vast majori...

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description This Special Issue addresses philosophical questions regarding various non-classical religious beliefs. The contemporary philosophy of religion includes an active and venerable tradition of arguments concerning religious beliefs. While some new approaches address different questions, the vast majority address the belief in and nature of God. Frequently, ‘God’ is defined as a perfect being: a supernatural being with the greatest powers and qualities (omniscience, omnibenevolence, necessity, omnipresence, etc.) who created the universe. This concept of God is often labeled as ‘classical theism.’ While defining ‘God’ as a perfect being is fairly common in Abrahamic religious traditions, it is far less prevalent in non-Western traditions. In Indian religions, Gods are bound by karma and therefore not omnipotent. In Afro-American traditions, vodoun or loa are sometimes regarded as localized and therefore not omni-present. Many adherents of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism also hold beliefs on ‘intermediary’ supernatural beings that lack perfection, such as angels, demons, and Jinn. This Special Issue contains publications that discuss various topics pertaining to non-classical religious beliefs, including the epistemic features of belief in spirits or demons, belief in angels, belief in animism, process theism, Indian beliefs and practices, Chinese philosophy of religion, Afro-Brazilian practices, and neo-pagan spirituality.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1125122024-04-08T19:53:17Z Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief Eyghen, Hans Van natural theology spirits demonology classical theism neoclassical theism process theism monopolar theism dipolar theism Charles Hartshorne Alfred North Whitehead Joshua Sijuwade ghosts demons angels spiritual entities inference to the best explanation the scientific method the criteria of adequacy methodological naturalism the supernatural Satan metaphysics gaps-based objections mental disorders cognitive science devil explanatory reasoning animism common consent arguments disagreement social epistemology religious experience Bengal ritual body sound affect drum dhak Durga Shiva gnoseology mind Giordano Bruno Wang Yangming colonialism ethics South Asia interpretation explication logic belief the West Yoga dharma neopagan pagan Asatru soteriology Axial Age mythology Norse classical Greece John Hick Paul Tillich Mircea Eliade sacred space karma rebirth merit transfer of merit philosophy of religion Plato platonic forms Afro-Brazilian religions Candomblé Umbanda religious practice religious cognition embodied paradigm conceptual metaphor extended mind languaging enactivism bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs This Special Issue addresses philosophical questions regarding various non-classical religious beliefs. The contemporary philosophy of religion includes an active and venerable tradition of arguments concerning religious beliefs. While some new approaches address different questions, the vast majority address the belief in and nature of God. Frequently, ‘God’ is defined as a perfect being: a supernatural being with the greatest powers and qualities (omniscience, omnibenevolence, necessity, omnipresence, etc.) who created the universe. This concept of God is often labeled as ‘classical theism.’ While defining ‘God’ as a perfect being is fairly common in Abrahamic religious traditions, it is far less prevalent in non-Western traditions. In Indian religions, Gods are bound by karma and therefore not omnipotent. In Afro-American traditions, vodoun or loa are sometimes regarded as localized and therefore not omni-present. Many adherents of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism also hold beliefs on ‘intermediary’ supernatural beings that lack perfection, such as angels, demons, and Jinn. This Special Issue contains publications that discuss various topics pertaining to non-classical religious beliefs, including the epistemic features of belief in spirits or demons, belief in angels, belief in animism, process theism, Indian beliefs and practices, Chinese philosophy of religion, Afro-Brazilian practices, and neo-pagan spirituality. 2023-08-08T15:24:11Z 2023-08-08T15:24:11Z 2023 book ONIX_20230808_9783036581262_18 9783036581262 9783036581279 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/112512 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/7631 https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/7631 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8127-9 10.3390/books978-3-0365-8127-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783036581262 9783036581279 222 Basel open access
spellingShingle natural theology
spirits
demonology
classical theism
neoclassical theism
process theism
monopolar theism
dipolar theism
Charles Hartshorne
Alfred North Whitehead
Joshua Sijuwade
ghosts
demons
angels
spiritual entities
inference to the best explanation
the scientific method
the criteria of adequacy
methodological naturalism
the supernatural
Satan
metaphysics
gaps-based objections
mental disorders
cognitive science
devil
explanatory reasoning
animism
common consent arguments
disagreement
social epistemology
religious experience
Bengal
ritual
body
sound
affect
drum
dhak
Durga
Shiva
gnoseology
mind
Giordano Bruno
Wang Yangming
colonialism
ethics
South Asia
interpretation
explication
logic
belief
the West
Yoga
dharma
neopagan
pagan
Asatru
soteriology
Axial Age
mythology
Norse
classical Greece
John Hick
Paul Tillich
Mircea Eliade
sacred space
karma
rebirth
merit
transfer of merit
philosophy of religion
Plato
platonic forms
Afro-Brazilian religions
Candomblé
Umbanda
religious practice
religious cognition
embodied paradigm
conceptual metaphor
extended mind
languaging
enactivism
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
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Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title_full Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title_fullStr Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title_full_unstemmed Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title_short Epistemic Issues in Non-classical Religious Belief
title_sort epistemic issues in non classical religious belief
topic natural theology
spirits
demonology
classical theism
neoclassical theism
process theism
monopolar theism
dipolar theism
Charles Hartshorne
Alfred North Whitehead
Joshua Sijuwade
ghosts
demons
angels
spiritual entities
inference to the best explanation
the scientific method
the criteria of adequacy
methodological naturalism
the supernatural
Satan
metaphysics
gaps-based objections
mental disorders
cognitive science
devil
explanatory reasoning
animism
common consent arguments
disagreement
social epistemology
religious experience
Bengal
ritual
body
sound
affect
drum
dhak
Durga
Shiva
gnoseology
mind
Giordano Bruno
Wang Yangming
colonialism
ethics
South Asia
interpretation
explication
logic
belief
the West
Yoga
dharma
neopagan
pagan
Asatru
soteriology
Axial Age
mythology
Norse
classical Greece
John Hick
Paul Tillich
Mircea Eliade
sacred space
karma
rebirth
merit
transfer of merit
philosophy of religion
Plato
platonic forms
Afro-Brazilian religions
Candomblé
Umbanda
religious practice
religious cognition
embodied paradigm
conceptual metaphor
extended mind
languaging
enactivism
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
topic_facet natural theology
spirits
demonology
classical theism
neoclassical theism
process theism
monopolar theism
dipolar theism
Charles Hartshorne
Alfred North Whitehead
Joshua Sijuwade
ghosts
demons
angels
spiritual entities
inference to the best explanation
the scientific method
the criteria of adequacy
methodological naturalism
the supernatural
Satan
metaphysics
gaps-based objections
mental disorders
cognitive science
devil
explanatory reasoning
animism
common consent arguments
disagreement
social epistemology
religious experience
Bengal
ritual
body
sound
affect
drum
dhak
Durga
Shiva
gnoseology
mind
Giordano Bruno
Wang Yangming
colonialism
ethics
South Asia
interpretation
explication
logic
belief
the West
Yoga
dharma
neopagan
pagan
Asatru
soteriology
Axial Age
mythology
Norse
classical Greece
John Hick
Paul Tillich
Mircea Eliade
sacred space
karma
rebirth
merit
transfer of merit
philosophy of religion
Plato
platonic forms
Afro-Brazilian religions
Candomblé
Umbanda
religious practice
religious cognition
embodied paradigm
conceptual metaphor
extended mind
languaging
enactivism
bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs
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