God, Philosophy, and Academic Culture

Download or read book God, Philosophy, and Academic Culture written by William J. Wainwright and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1996 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A striking feature of the current philosophical scene is the division between those philosophers of religion primarily associated with the American Philosophical Association and those primarily associated with the American Academy of Religion. This difference is loosely correlated with two others: the comparative dominance of analytic philosophy in the APA and of hermeneutical philosophy in the AAR, and the greater visibility of traditional theists in the APA. In this book eight prominent philosophers of religion from these organizations explore the historical, cultural, and philosophical roots of these differences, their connections, and the prospects for rapprochement.