Open AccessToday’s Truly Philosophical Philosopher of Religion
Author(s) -
Mark Manolopoulos
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
forum philosophicum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-7043
pISSN - 1426-1898
DOI - 10.35765/forphil.2011.1602.13
Subject(s) - passion , passions , wonder , faith , rationality , pathos , openness to experience , philosophy , epistemology , politics , rationalism , sociology , psychology , political science , law , social psychology , linguistics
What does it mean to be a truly philosophical philosopher of religion today? The paper proposes that the thinker of faith should pursue the following passions: (1) a passion for wonder and epistemic openness; (2) the desire for a rationality that exceeds narrow-minded hyper-rationalism; (3) an ecological pathos i.e. loving the earth; (4) a passion for self-development; and (5) thinking and participating in ethical political-economic transformation, a revolutionary passion. And so, today's truly philosophical philosopher of religion would pursue a cognitively rigorous, engaged, and experientially adventurous venture in thinking.