An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
Author John Caird
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Subject Philosophy of religion
Published 1880
Media type Print
ISBN 978-1230340180

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion is an 1880 book by the theologian John Caird.

Summary

Caird's understanding of philosophy of religion is similar to that of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, for whom it is a study of the ways in which God is represented in religious consciousness, and leads to a properly philosophic understanding of the divine.[1]

Influence

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion helped popularized the term "philosophy of religion" in English.[1]

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 Jordan 1995. p. 759.

Bibliography

  • Jordan, Mark D. (1995). Honderich, Ted, ed. The Oxford Companion to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-866132-0.


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