Embracing epistemic humility
Subtitle: confronting triumphalism in three Abrahamic religions
By: Donald Marvin Borchert
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780739180839; 9780739180846
Subjects: Religiöse Toleranz; Interreligiöse Beziehung; Religious discrimination; Religious aspects; Abrahamic religions; Religious tolerance; Demut; Humility
Description: Triumphalists see their world view as the ultimate repository of spiritual truth: all other world views are inferior and their adherents need to be converted forcefully, or silenced, or destroyed to prevent their cancerous views from metastasizing. Triumphalism has infected too many of the adherents in the Abrahamic religious traditions, and must be neutralized by the growth of epistemic humility using a tactic like the five step strategy suggested in this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
Table of contents: title: Will to meaning, narrative construction, and world views; title: Narrative construction and leaps of faith; title: Epistemology touchstone of humility; title: Coherence touchstone of humility; title: Pragmatic touchstone of humility.