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God Regulates the Church, Even If He Doesn't – Wittgensteinian Philosophy of Religion and Realism
Author(s) -
Kroesbergen Hermen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/phin.12240
Subject(s) - philosophy , realism , meaning (existential) , epistemology , philosophy of religion , theology , philosophical realism , economic justice , religious studies , law , political science
Far from being non‐realism or antirealism, Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion shows the meaning of practices within which the whole weight is in the picture that God speaks. ‘The authority of the community of believers determines what is the word of God’ does not contradict ‘God himself determines what is the word of God.’ As is shown by an example of Peter Winch, the distinction between inside and outside perspectives on religious practices is already given in those practices themselves. Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion does justice to the independent reality of God, without the adjustments proposed by Stephen Mulhall and Andrew Moore.