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Paul J. Weithman - Liberal Faith: Essays in Honor of Philip Quinn - 9780268044169 - V9780268044169
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Liberal Faith: Essays in Honor of Philip Quinn

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Description for Liberal Faith: Essays in Honor of Philip Quinn Hardcover. Philip Quinn, John A O'Brien Professor at the University of Notre Dame from 1986 until his death in 2004, was well known for his work in the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and core areas of analytic philosophy. The author argues that his interest and analyses grew out of a underlying sensibility that we might call 'liberal faith'. Editor(s): Weithman, Paul J. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.

Philip Quinn, John A. O’Brien Professor at the University of Notre Dame from 1986 until his death in 2004, was well known for his work in the philosophy of religion, political philosophy, and core areas of analytic philosophy. Although he had a wide range of philosophical interests, such that it would be virtually impossible to identify any one set as representative, the contributors to this volume provide an excellent introduction to, and advance the discussion of, some of the questions of central importance to Quinn in the last years of his working life.

Paul J. Weithman argues in his introduction that Quinn’s interest and analyses in many areas grew out of a distinctive and underlying sensibility that we might call “liberal faith.” It included belief in the value of a liberal education and in rigorous intellectual inquiry, the acceptance of enduring religious, cultural, and political pluralism, along with a keen awareness of problems posed by pluralism, and a deeply held but non-utopian faith in liberal democratic politics. These provocative essays, at the cutting edge of epistemology, the philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, and political philosophy, explore the tenets of liberal faith and invite continuing engagement with the philosophical issues.

Contributors: Paul J. Weithman, Linda Zagzebski, Richard Foley, Eleonore Stump, Paul J. Griffiths, Robert Audi, and Sumner B. Twiss.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268044169
SKU
V9780268044169
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About Paul J. Weithman
Paul J. Weithman is the Glynn Family Honors Collegiate and professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of Religion and Contemporary Liberalism (University of Notre Dame Press, 1997).

Reviews for Liberal Faith: Essays in Honor of Philip Quinn
"A hallmark of Quinn’s scholarship is his facility to wield the tools of analytic philosophy while also revealing a depth of liberal arts knowledge. Liberal Faith honors Quinn’s memory in this respect by bringing together a group of first-rate philosophers to work on the issues Quinn cared deeply about. Paul Weithman is to be thanked for bringing together this collection of essays." —Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews “This is a collection of high quality essays dealing with various topics related to Philip Quinn’s work. The book makes an original contribution by virtue of its individual papers, each of which is new. These essays will be of interest to scholars and students who followed Quinn’s work, especially in philosophy of religion and political philosophy.“ —John Greco, The Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in Philosophy, Saint Louis University "The papers that form Liberal Faith give insightful treatments of three types of questions: first, how can we conscientiously believe something when there are many people we admire who do not believe it, and what is the underlying relation here between justification and rationality; second, what does it mean to desire union with God, and can Christians properly believe in the possibility of eternal self-annihilation; third, how should liberal democracy accommodate the religious convictions of its members, whether some comprehensive doctrine such as a religion is required to justify a commitment to human equality, and whether there is an absolute moral prohibition on the state use of torture. The volume has an unusually good introduction putting the papers into dialog with each other and with the work of Philip Quinn. The papers are cohesive because the central themes of Philip Quinn's work hold together into a picture of how Christianity and Liberal Democracy fit together." —John Hare, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, Yale Divinity School “Philip Quinn was admired enormously throughout the world of professional philosophy . . . . His reputation for rigor, his tireless service to the profession, and his essentially ‘non-dogmatic,’ but philosophically sophisticated faith is widely admired . . . The essays in this volume are first-rate contemporary philosophy along with an excellent introduction to Quinn’s work.” —Charles Taliaferro, St. Olaf College

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