{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-religious-language-isbn-9781557865823","title":"The Philosophy of Religious Language","description":"This text provides a lively introduction to the developments in philosophy of language in this century, and to the way these have impinged upon religious language. Included is the relevance of analytical philosophy of language, but the text also covers important historical debates about religious language that have had increasing impact upon biblical studies and theology. \u003cp\u003ePreface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Linguistic Turn in Philosophy 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Linguistic Turn in Religion 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Foundations 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Historical Approaches to Religious Language 14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Traditional Ways 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe negative way 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Univocal way 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Analogical way 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Universal Controversy 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteral and Allegorical Exegesis 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Falsification Challenge 37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Early Wittgenstein\u003c\/i\u003e 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogical Positivism 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Falsification Challenge 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Language Game 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Later Wittgenstein 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Language as Noncognitive 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWittgenstein on religion\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWittgensteinian fideism\u003c\/i\u003e 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligious Language as Cognitive 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Wisdom\u003c\/i\u003e 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan T. 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It is readable, colourful, and richly informative, without being simplistic or sweeping in its descriptions and judgements.\" \u003ci\u003eSteven Kings, Reviews in Religion and Theology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Dan Stiver offers, for \"tose coming to these topics for the first time\", a useful map to an academic (sub)discipline called philosophy of religious language.\" \u003ci\u003eBrian Davies, Anglican Theological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDan Stiver\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Religious Philosophy at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville.  This new text provides a lively introduction to the remarkable developments in philosophy of language in this century, and to the way these developments have impinged upon religious language, particularly Christian discourse.  \u003cp\u003eMost treatments of this subject focus on the relevance of analytical philosophy of language with its verificational and functional phases. These important movements are included, but this text also covers historical debates about religious language along with several other contemporary movements that have had increasing impact upon biblical studies and theology, such as hermeneutical philosophy, philosophy of metaphor, narrative, structuralism, and poststructuralism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Philosophy of Religious Language\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on exposition of the different approaches, with attention upon central thinkers and texts. In each case, however, the philosophy of language is also connected with its major appropriation in religious studies. Since one cannot exactly keep these approaches distinct, places of cross-fertilization and reaction are indicated, with the intent of providing an expanding conversation as the book progresses.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990310830309,"sku":"NP9781557865823","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781557865823.jpg?v=1761787304","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-philosophy-of-religious-language-isbn-9781557865823","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}