The Philosophy of Religion 1875-1980 by Alan P F Sell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

Synopsis:This volume provides an overview of the relation between secular philosophy and philosophical theology over a one-hundred-year period. Beginning with idealism, the study proceeds through the rise of realism, the advent of logical positivism, the development of analytical philosophy, the resurgence of scholasticism and existentialism, the contributions of encounter theology and of process thought, to specific questions of the existence of God and religious language. Endorsements:"A product of impressive industry . . . commendably lucid and succinct . . . a readable and useful work."-Philosophical Books"An enjoyable and instructive text for any philosopher of religion."-Peter Vandy in The Heythorpe JournalAuthor Biography:Alan P. F. Sell, a philosopher-theologian and ecumenist, is employed in research, writing, and lecturing in the United Kingdom and abroad. He has held academic posts in England, Canada, and Wales, and ecclesiastical posts in England and Geneva. He is the author or editor of over thirty books, of which the most recent are Convinced, Concise and Christian: The Thought of Huw Parri Owen (Pickwick, 2012) and Christ and Controversy: The Person of Christ in Nonconformist Thought and Ecclesial Experience (Pickwick, 2012). | The Philosophy of Religion 1875-1980 by Alan P F Sell, Paperback | Indigo Chapters