Wittgenstein and Religion

1. Front Matter

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2. Philosophy, Theology and the Reality of God

   • D. Z. Phillips

   Pages 1-9

3. Sublime Existence

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   Pages 10-21

4. Searle on Language-Games and Religion

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   Pages 22-32

5. On Really Believing

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   Pages 33-55

6. Religious Beliefs and Language-Games

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   Pages 56-78

7. Wittgenstein’s Full Stop

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   Pages 79-102

8. Primitive Reactions and the Reactions of Primitives: the 1983 Marett Lecture

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   Pages 103-122

9. Belief and Loss of Belief (A Discussion with J. R. Jones)

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   Pages 123-130

10. From Coffee to Carmelites

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    Pages 131-152

11. On Not Understanding God

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    Pages 153-170

12. Waiting for the Vanishing Shed

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    Pages 171-192

13. On Wanting to Compare Wittgenstein and Zen

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    Pages 193-199

14. Authorship and Authenticity: Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein

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    Pages 200-219

15. Advice to Philosophers who are Christians

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    Pages 220-236

16. Religion in Wittgenstein’s Mirror

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    Pages 237-255

17. Back Matter

    Pages 257-259

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A collection of essays which explores the significance of Wittgenstein for the Philosophy of Religion. Explorations of central notions in Wittgenstein's later philosophy are brought to bear on the clash between belief and atheism; understanding religious experience; language and ritual; evil and theodicies; miracles; and the possibility of a Christian philosophy.

• god
• Kierkegaard
• philosophy
• philosophy of religion
• religion
• religious belief
• theology
• Zen

• University College of Swansea, UK

  D. Z. Phillips

• Claremont Graduate School, USA

  D. Z. Phillips

D Z Phillips

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