Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion
Subtitle: the death of God and the Oriental Renaissance
By: by Christopher Ryan
Series: Studies in philosophical theology -- 43; Studies in philosophical theology -- 43.
Publisher: Peeters
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Leuven; Walpole, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9789042922150
Description: "This book is the first comprehensive study of Schopenhauer's philosophy of religion. It develops a contextual account of Schopenhauer's relation to the religions of India by placing his interpretation of their main doctrines within the perspective of his diagnosis of the religious situation in nineteenth-century Europe, and his revised conception of the proper content and methods of metaphysical philosophy in the wake of Kant. It shows that Schopenhauer's encounter with the religions of India was the stimulus for his formulation of a novel theory of a revitalised modern Christianity. The possibility of an oriental renaissance prompted Schopenhauer to argue that Christianity's immanent or ethical teachings needed to be severed from its supernatural or metaphysical doctrines, so that European culture could continue to satisfy the human need for a metaphysical interpretation of the world and life"--P. [4] pbk. cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-244) and index.