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A Platonic Philosophy Of Religion: A Process Perspective

By Daniel A. Dombrowski

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0791462838, 9780791462836
Open Library ID
OL7803313M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1658140 bytes)
Pages
152\161
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

A Platonic Philosophy of Religion challenges traditional views of Plato's religious thought, arguing that these overstate the case for the veneration of Being as opposed to Becoming. Daniel A. Dombrowski explores how process or neoclassical perspectives on Plato's view of God have been mostly neglected, impoverishing both our view of Plato and our view of what can be said in contemporary philosophy of religion on a Platonic basis. Looking at the largely ignored later dialogues, Dombrowski finds a dynamic theism in Plato and presents a new and very different Platonic philosophy of religion. The work's interpretive framework derives from the application of process philosophy and discusses the continuation of Plato's thought in the works of Hartshorne and Whitehead.

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