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Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion

Ryan, Christopher
Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion : the death of God and the Oriental Renaissance / by Christopher Ryan. - Leuven : Peeters, 2010. - viii, 249 S. - (Studies in philosophical theology ; 43)
ISBN 90-429-2215-X / 978-90-429-2215-0
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Beschreibung
This book is the first comprehensive study of Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion. It develops a contextual account of Schopenhauer's relation to the religions of India by placing his interpretation of their main doctrines within the perspective of his diagnosis of the religious situation in nineteenth-century Europe, and his revised conception of the proper content and methods of metaphysical philosophy in the wake of Kant. It shows that Schopenhauer's encounter with the religions of India was the stimulus for his formulation of a novel theory of a revitalised modern Christianity. The possibility of an oriental renaissance prompted Schopenhauer to argue that Christianity's immanent or ethical teachings needed to be severed from its supernatural or metaphysical doctrines, so that European culture could continue to satisfy the human need for a metaphysical interpretation of the world and life. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Acknowledgements. VII
Key to textual citations from works by Schopenhauer. IX
Presentation of the text. XI
INTRODUCTION. 1
   I. The Death of God and the Oriental Renaissance. 1
   II. Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Religion. 7
   III. Hermeneutics vs. Comparison. 15
1. EUROPE AND INDIA. 23
   I. The Scholars. 23
   II. The Theorists. 29
   III. Schopenhauer and India. 44
2. METAPHYSICAL NEED. 59
   I. Philosophy and Religion. 59
   II. Philosophy vs. Religion. 64
   III. A Post-Kantian Synthesis. 75
3. THE DEATH OF GOD. 85
   I. The Problem with Theism. 85
   II. The Nature and Origin of Theism. 97
   III. NaturalTheology. 104
4. TRUE AND ORIGINAL CHRISTIANITY. 123
   I. Evil, Freedom and Responsibility. 123
   II. Ethics and Immortality. 137
   III. Indian Christianity. 150
5. THE ORIGINAL WELTANSCHAUUNG. 157
   I. The Question of Influence. 159
   II. India and its Wisdom in History. 172
   III. Sources and Nature of Indian Wisdom. 178
6. THE ORIENTAL RENAISSANCE. 187
   I. Cosmogony and Metaphysics. 187
   II. Evil, Karma and Rebirth. 201
   III. Ethics and Immortality. 208
Conclusion. 221
Bibliography. 233
Index. 245

Quellen: Peeters; WorldCat