The Classical American Pragmatists and Religion

A Reader

J Caleb Clanton editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Baylor University Press

Published:17th Aug '11

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The classical American pragmatists are hailed as the country's distinctive philosophical voice. In this volume, J. Caleb Clanton brings to the fore several of the most influential pragmatist thinkers and artfully presents their insight and instruction on religion. Including the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, George Herbert Mead, William James, John Dewey, Josiah Royce, Jane Addams, and W.E.B. Du Bois, among others, this anthology offers a valuable resource from America's golden age of philosophical thought. The Classical American Pragmatists and Religion will aid readers in identifying and resolving the current problems surrounding American religious experience and its place in public life.

"An excellent collection of papers in American philosophy of religion. Containing the classic contributions of the transcendentalists and the original pragmatists, Clanton also includes less familiar, yet equally fascinating, pieces by figures from Royce, Santayana, Alain Locke, Jane Addams, and others. This book provides an ideal guide to the treatments of religion by leading American philosophers." --Chris Hookway, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield
"Clanton's focus is on those texts, which engage the religious-philosophical tension, pragmatically considered. This book is eminently teachable, for both Clanton's Introduction and his selections." --John McDermott, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Texas A&M University
"There has long been a need for a text like this. Clanton introduces readers to several trajectories and usefully tracks thinkers often ignored in this American philosophical tradition." --Douglas Anderson, Professor of Philosophy, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Classical American Pragmatists and Religion is a very good introduction to the classical American pragmatists' views on religion. -- Dwayne A. Tunstall, Grand Valley State University -- Journal of the American Academy of Religion

ISBN: 9781602582590

Dimensions: 226mm x 154mm x 30mm

Weight: 567g

425 pages