CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Iwaniak, Marek |
|---|---|
| Title | Christian Atheism and Religious Fictionalism |
| Summary | In this thesis, I aim to explore what contributions to recent debates about the role of religious discourses vis-a-vis materialist philosophical systems can be made by religious fictionalism. First, I discuss the rise of Christian Atheism among Protestant theologians in the latter half of the past century and compare it to the uses of religious materials as present in the works of Alain Badiou and Francois Laruelle. I then proceed to discuss various forms of religious fictionalism, suggesting possible ways of strengthening the position by means of incorporation of some Continental philosophical concepts. Following this, I place this discussion in a broader context, indicating the role religious fictionalism can play in broader debates about the viability of non-theistic religion, and the implications it may have for the study of religion. |
| Supervisor | Goff, Philip Anthony |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/iwaniak_marek.pdf |
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