In this important work, Jim Kanaris provides a unique approach to the study of religion, aiming to alleviate the methodological and ideological barriers that divide philosophers, theologians, and social scientists. This is a ‚philosophy of religion‘ for a wider audience than that designation usually circumscribes, and, for that reason, Kanaris opts for the broader ‚philosophy of religious studies.‘ He hybridizes insights principally from the works of Bernard Lonergan and Martin Heidegger but also those of Jacques Derrida, Charles Winquist, and Tyler Roberts, among others. Kanaris combines this with a distinctive hermeneutical approach that gives rise to what he calls ‚enecstatic‘ philosophy, one that manages the irreducible complexity of one’s individuality, a singularity, in the negotiation of one’s objects of concern.
Toward a Philosophy of Religious Studies is unlike any other book in religious studies. It provides a unique way to surface personal involvement in the study of religion without compromising scholarly objectivity and philosophical integrity.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. Delimiting Enecstasis
1. Enecstasis: A Disposition for Our Times?
2. The Enecstatic Jig: Personalizing Philosophy of Religion
Part II. Contouring Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies
3. Philosophy of Religious Studies: The Changing Face of Philosophy of Religion
4. Philosophy of Religion Religious Studies Style
5. Derrida’s Philosophy of Religion for Religious Studies
Part III. The Heritage and Modus Operandi of Enecstasis
6. Theorizing Religion Enecstatically: The Transcendental Gesture in a New Key
7. Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies: A Sidelong Bow to Self-Appropriation
8. The Normative Impetus of Enecstatic Philosophy of Religious Studies: Dialectic and Foundations
Conclusion
Postscript
Notes
References
Index
Über den Autor
Jim Kanaris is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Mc Gill University. His previous books include
Reconfigurations of Philosophy of Religion: A Possible Future and
Bernard Lonergan’s Philosophy of Religion: From Philosophy of God to Philosophy of Religious Studies, both also published by SUNY Press.