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Institutional dimensions of the future of philosophy of religion

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  • Lawrence A. Whitney

    (Boston University)

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If there is going to be a future for the philosophy of religion, it is going to have to emerge out of and speak into a set of contested disciplinary, institutional, and ideological spaces as their boundaries are in the process of being renegotiated. In the first instance, philosophy of religion has traditionally been located somewhere among the disciplines of philosophy, theology, and religion, but each of these fields is undergoing transformation to which philosophy of religion must respond. At the same time, accreditation standards are requiring humanities disciplines to shift their pedagogical practices even as the commodification of higher education culturally and institutionally calls into question the value of humanistic formation. This paper outlines the points of tension that put pressure on philosophy of religion and suggests ways in which the subdiscipline might understand and locate itself at the heart of liberal and general education in the future.

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  • Lawrence A. Whitney, 2018. "Institutional dimensions of the future of philosophy of religion," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:4:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1057_s41599-018-0131-7
    DOI: 10.1057/s41599-018-0131-7
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