Today’s Truly Philosophical Philosopher of Religion

• Authors: Mark Manolopoulos
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

What does it mean to be a truly philosophical philosopher of religion today? The paper proposes that the thinker of faith should pursue the following passions: (1) a passion for wonder and epistemic openness; (2) the desire for a rationality that exceeds narrow-minded hyper-rationalism; (3) an ecological pathos i.e. loving the earth; (4) a passion for self-development; and (5) thinking and participating in ethical political-economic transformation, a revolutionary passion. And so, today's truly philosophical philosopher of religion would pursue a cognitively rigorous, engaged, and experientially adventurous venture in thinking.

Keywords

EN

philosophy of religion; Faith; Religion; Economics

• Publisher: Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
• Journal: Forum Philosophicum
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39-58

Dates

published

2011

Contributors

author

Mark Manolopoulos

• Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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