Wittgenstein And Interreligious Disagreement: A Philosophical And Theological Perspective
by Gorazd Andrejč /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book critically examines three distinct interpretations
of Ludwig Wittgenstein, those of George Lindbeck, David Tracy, and
David Burrell, while paying special attention to the topic of
interreligious disagreement. In theological and philosophical work
on interreligious communication, Ludwig Wittgenstein has been
interpreted in very different, sometimes contradicting ways. This
is partly due to the nature of Wittgenstein’s philosophical
investigation, which does not consist of a theory nor does it posit
theses about religion, but includes several, varying conceptions of
religion. In this volume, Gorazd Andrejč illustrates how assorted
uptakes of Wittgenstein’s conceptions of religion, and the
differing theological perspectives of the authors who formulated
them, shape interpretations of interreligious disagreement and
dialogue. Inspired by selected perspectives from Tillichian
philosophical theology, the book suggests a new way of engaging
both descriptive and normative aspects of Wittgenstein’s
conceptions of religion in the interpretation of interreligious
disagreement.
This book critically examines three distinct interpretations
of Ludwig Wittgenstein, those of George Lindbeck, David Tracy, and
David Burrell, while paying special attention to the topic of
interreligious disagreement. In theological and philosophical work
on interreligious communication, Ludwig Wittgenstein has been
interpreted in very different, sometimes contradicting ways. This
is partly due to the nature of Wittgenstein’s philosophical
investigation, which does not consist of a theory nor does it posit
theses about religion, but includes several, varying conceptions of
religion. In this volume, Gorazd Andrejč illustrates how assorted
uptakes of Wittgenstein’s conceptions of religion, and the
differing theological perspectives of the authors who formulated
them, shape interpretations of interreligious disagreement and
dialogue. Inspired by selected perspectives from Tillichian
philosophical theology, the book suggests a new way of engaging
both descriptive and normative aspects of Wittgenstein’s
conceptions of religion in the interpretation of interreligious
disagreement.