Realism in Religion: A Pragmatist's Perspective

by Robert Cummings Neville

Book Overview

Religion is basic to the human condition according to this philosophy of religion from a pragmatist's perspective. While pragmatist thinkers have often been cool to religious claims, Robert Cummings Neville holds that a theology of truth can emerge from this tradition. Standing against the typical nominalist view that regards religious claims as concepts or structures of language, Neville argues that there can be significant and well-tested hypotheses...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438428251
• ISBN13: 9781438428253
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"