Philosophy and Religion: From Plato to Postmodernism

From the works of the Greek philosophers to the Postmodernist theories of Jacques Derrida and Richard Rorty, this authoritative survey encompasses over two thousand years of interaction between philosophical and religious thought. Exploring the various ways in which philosophy can relate to the monotheistic religion, Max Charlesworth tracks five key approaches in a carefully structured and accessible manner. Following a chronological pattern, these five chapters consider both major and less well-known philosophers, and feature detailed coverage of: Plato, Aristotle and the Ancient Greeks, Philosophy and theology in St Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, Reason, Agnosticism and the works of Kant and Kierkegaard, Linguistic Analysis, religion and Wittgenstein, Postmodernism and religion: Heidegger, Derrida and Torty. Accompanied by full reference notes, this thorough and up-t-date is essential reading for all students and thinkers who wish to know more about philosophy, religion, and the diverse ways in which these two fields have come together over the centuries.