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The relationship between English and German ways of doing philosophy of religion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Anders Jeffner
Anders Jeffner
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Professor of Religion, University of Uppsala
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From time to time one comes across pronouncements about the difference between English and German philosophy of religion. Such statements often sound plausible enough, but in my experience they will not stand up to any very close inspection. Let me, anyway, take an example of a general pronouncement regarding the relationship between German and English philosophy, a pronouncement which the author applies particularly to philosophy of religion. In The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James states:

The Continental schools of philosophy have too often overlooked the fact that man's thinking is organically connected with his conduct.

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Religious Studies , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 247 - 256
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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page 247 note 1 James, William, The Varieties of Religious Experience, The Fontana Library, Theology and Philosophy (1960), p. 425.Google Scholar

page 249 note 1 Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice (London, 1972).Google Scholar

page 250 note 1 Op. cit. p. 6. The later development of Brunner's position will not be discussed here.

page 250 note 2 See for example Nielsen, Kai, Contemporary Critiques of Religion (London 1971), p. 8CrossRefGoogle Scholar and ‘Wittgensteinian fideism’, Philosophy, XLII (07 1967), 191–209.Google Scholar

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page 253 note 1 For example p. 64 and p. 105.