Rethinking Philosophy of Religion with Wittgenstein by Thomas... - 9781350471559

Rethinking Philosophy of Religion with WittgensteinReligious Diversities and Racism\nAuthor(s): Thomas D. Carroll\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350471559, 978-1350471559\nSynopsis\nCan Wittgensteins philosophy help us to see religious diversities? Thomas D. Carroll uses Wittgensteins thoughts on religion and language to bring a cross-cultural perspective to philosophy of religion.\n\nThrough a focus on Chinese philosophical and religious traditions and the intertwining of racism and religion in the United States, Carroll highlights two related features of Wittgensteins philosophy: the relevance of contextual backgrounds to interpreting ways of life and the importance of reflecting on existential purposes in philosophical inquiry.\n\nCommitted to the essential task of expanding philosophy of religion, Carroll critically studies the term religion and goes beyond the traditional categories of belief t.