Burley, M orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-3564 (2020) African religions, mythic narratives, and conceptual enrichment in the philosophy of religion. Religious Studies. ISSN 0034-4125
Abstract
Myths, or sacred narratives, have been underexplored in mainstream philosophy of religion, which has also had little to say about African indigenous religions. These lacunae impoverish the philosophy of religion by diminishing its coverage both of the range of human religious possibilities and of the diverse modes through which religious ideas and world-views are conveyed. With particular attention to Yorùbá religion, this article promotes and exemplifies a pluralistic narrative approach that draws upon mythology to facilitate philosophical reflection upon a wider array of religious traditions, for the dual purpose of doing conceptual justice to those traditions while also furthering the discipline's conceptual enrichment.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press. This article has been published in a revised form in Religious Studies. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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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: | 27 Jan 2020 11:47 |
Last Modified: | 21 Apr 2020 18:24 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0034412520000086 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156062 |