Rush Rhees on Religion and Philosophy 9780521564106

Rush Rhees (1905–1989) was a philosopher, and a pupil and close friend of Ludwig Wittgenstein. While some of Rhees'

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Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I. Religion and Reality: 1. Religion and philosophy
2. Where does the world come from? 3. The ontological argument and proof
4. Remarks on reality and religion
5. Natural theology
6. Religion and language
7. Belief in God
8. Wittgenstein on language and ritual
9. Religious practices
10. Notes on religion and reductionism
11. 'The divide' between religion and 'scientific method'
12. Difficulties in belief
Part II. Religion, Life, and Meaning:
13. Gratitude and ingratitude for existence
14. Religion, life and meaning: A and B
15. Death and immortality
16. Election and judgment
17. That man is made for heaven
Part III. Religion and Morality:
18. Living with oneself
19. The sinner and sin
20. The Church and the moral law
21. Suffering
22. Picking and choosing
Part IV. Reflection on Christianity:
23. Miracles
24. Mescaline, mysticism, and religious experience
25. Difficulties with Christianity
26. Christianity and growth of understanding
Index of names
Index of subjects.

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