Burley, M orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-3564 (2020) Narrative philosophy of religion: apologetic and pluralistic orientations. International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 88 (1). pp. 5-21. ISSN 0020-7047
Abstract
Recent decades have witnessed a growing interest in narrative both in certain areas of philosophy and in the study of religion. The philosophy of religion has not itself been at the forefront of this narrative turn, but exceptions exist—most notably Eleonore Stump’s work on biblical stories and the problem of suffering. Characterizing Stump’s approach as an apologetic orientation, this article contrasts it with pluralistic orientations that, rather than seeking to defend religious faith, are concerned with doing conceptual justice to the range of possible human perspectives, both religious and nonreligious. By discussing various examples, the article makes a case for narrative philosophy of religion, especially in its pluralistic form.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
Keywords: | Apologetics; Elie Wiesel; Fyodor Dostoevsky; Hindu mythology; Narrative; Pluralism; Problem of evil; Suffering |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2019 13:10 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:01 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Netherlands |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11153-019-09730-1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152319 |
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