Wm. Andrew Schwartz

The Metaphysics of Paradox

Jainism, Absolute Relativity, and Religious Pluralism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers a new paradigm for religious pluralism by exploring Indic insights of Jainism and the nature of paradox.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781498563925
• ISBN-10: 1498563929
• Artikelnr.: 53019702

Autorenporträt

Wm. Andrew Schwartz is executive director of the Center for Process Studies, cofounder and executive vice president of EcoCiv, and adjunct professor of philosophy and theology at Claremont School of Theology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: The Pluralism Debates in Western Philosophy of
Religion 1. The Pluralism Dilemma 2. Western Approaches to the Pluralism
Dilemma 3. The Claremont Legacy & A Plurality of Pluralisms Part II:
Foundations for Religious Pluralism: A Jain Perspective 4. The Jain
Doctrine of Relativity 5. Truth and Falsity in Jainism 6. Jain Responses to
the Pluralism Dilemma Part III: New Considerations: The Structure of
Pluralistic Thinking 7. The One and the Many: Universals, Unity, Paradox,
and Truth 8 Absolute Relativity: The Paradoxical Logic of Pluralism
Conclusion