Metaphor, Analogy, and the Place of Places: Where Religion and Philosophy Meet

by Carl G. Vaught

Vaught identifies the place where religion and philosophy meet--and he does so in constant conversation with Augustine, Hegel, Heidegger and Jaspers. Vaught argues that both religious and philosophical discourse assume one of four modes: figurative, analytical, systematic, and analogical. Any real innovation occurs by moving from one mode of discourse to another. Vaught also explores the relationship among space, time, and place as well as mystery,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932792074
• ISBN13: 9781932792072
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.3"