Nagl Ludwig Nagl 
Toward a Global Discourse on Religion in a Secular Age [PDF ebook] 
Essays on Philosophical Pragmatism

Do we all, today, live in a "secular age"? Examining this open question, the book focuses, in Part 1, "The (Re)Emerging Philosophical Discourse on Religion, " on recent interpretations of human existence in Asian, European, and American thought. Part 2.1, "The Weakening of Dogmatic Scientism, " discusses Wittgenstein’s, Derrida’s, Habermas’s, and Taylor’s critiques of (abstract modes of) Enlightenment. Part 2.2, "Various Approaches to Religious Faith in Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism, " deals with the writings of Peirce, James, Dewey, Rorty, West, and Putnam, and explores the significance of Josiah Royce’s thought for contemporary global debates on religious belief.