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Mobile Performances : Linguistic Undecidability as Possibility and Problem in the Theology of Religions

Författare

Summary, in English

How to judge religions other than one’s own when facing a plurality of religions? The author makes a philosophical inquiry in two interconnected fields, linguistic undecidability and the necessity of making judgements. The central claim is that no stable centre for meaning can be established for linguistic entities. Even in cases where a stable centre of meaning would seem to be required, the author argues that linguistic entities in fact have to be mobile, in order to allow for newness in interpretation and understanding. Without such mobility, language would cease to function as language. A related concern is: Does truth entail justice? The author argues that it is not enough to possess true knowledge when making normative judgements. Ultimately, it is argued, judgements are made by persons, not impersonal principles. In closing, the focus of the inquiry is brought back to the concrete question of religious diversity. While this study mainly offers a fresh philosophical approach to issues of religious diversity, its line of argument relates to a number of topics well beyond its primary scope.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Studies in Philosophical Theology

Volym

48

Dokumenttyp

Bok

Förlag

Peeters Publishers

Ämne

  • Religious Studies

Nyckelord

  • Interreligious relations
  • Evaluation of religions
  • Linguistic Mobility/Stability
  • Philosophy of Language
  • Religious diversity
  • Theology of religion
  • Derrida
  • Knitter
  • Netland
  • O'Leary
  • Ricœur

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-90-429-2479-6