LEADER 03845nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910958470003321 005 20240416105450.0 010 $a9780813218212 010 $a0813218217 035 $a(CKB)2670000000319315 035 $a(EBL)3135034 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000851548 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11424138 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000851548 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10848525 035 $a(PQKB)10058284 035 $a(OCoLC)820720054 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse24096 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3135034 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642500 035 $a(OCoLC)922996919 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3135034 035 $a(Perlego)2443526 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000319315 100 $a20020123d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe logic of religion /$fJude P. Dougherty 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cCatholic University of America Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (192 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780813213088 311 08$a0813213088 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-172) and index. 327 $a""Contents""; ""I. Religion as an Object of Philosophical Study""; ""II. Greek and Roman Insights into the Nature of Religion: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca""; ""III. Christian Conceptions of Belief: Early Church Fathers, Augustine""; ""VI. The Relation of Faith to Reason in Aquinas and the Reformers: Aquinas, Luther, Calvin""; ""V. Modern Interpretations of Religion, I: Hume, Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard""; ""VI. Modern Interpretations of Religion, II: Mill,Marx, Dewey, Freud""; ""VII. Religion and the State in Western Democracies: Jacques Maritain"" 327 $a""VIII. Religion and the State under U.S. Constitution: John Courtney Murray""""IV. Oriental Religions and Similar Cultural Manifestations: Buddhism, Confucianism""; ""X. The Unity of Religious Experience""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 8 $aThe philosopher and author of Western Creed, Western Identity offers a probing history of important writings on the logic of religion. The Logic of Religion offers a sweeping history of philosophical perspectives on religion from ancient Greek and Roman writings to medieval Christian thought to modern Western philosophy and beyond. Even among those who find no evidence for the existence of God, such as Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud, we encounter discussions of the nature of religion and its function in society. This study begins in antiquity with Socrates, Plato, Cicero, and Seneca. It then moves through Augustine to the Middle Ages as represented by Averroes and Aquinas. By so proceeding, philosopher Jude P.Dougherty gives the reader insight into the logic of religion as conceived before and after the advent of Christianity. Subsequent investigation leads to the works of David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and G.W.F. Hegel, each of whom spoke to the implications of religion in the practical order, and of Sigmund Freud's negative assessment of religion in The Future of an Illusion. Although the focus of this study is primarily Western religion, attention is also paid to certain Eastern modes of thought such as Buddhism and Confucianism. Throughout, readers will find many interesting philosophical observations of the nature of belief, worship, ritual, sacrifice, doctrine, theology, and community. 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 676 $a200 700 $aDougherty$b Jude P.$f1930-$01600377 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958470003321 996 $aThe logic of religion$94364963 997 $aUNINA