The Future of Religion

by Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo

Book Overview

Though coming from different and distinct intellectual traditions, Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo are united in their criticism of the metaphysical tradition. The challenges they put forward extend beyond philosophy and entail a reconsideration of the foundations of belief in God and the religious life. They urge that the rejection of metaphysical truth does not necessitate the death of religion; instead it opens new ways of imagining what it is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231134940
• ISBN13: 9780231134941
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.7" x 8.7"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher