The Varieties of Transcendence

Hermann Deuser, Hans Joas, Matthias Jung, Magnus Schlette

Fordham University Press, Feb 1, 2016 - Philosophy - 303 pages

"The Varieties of Transcendence traces American pragmatist thought on religion and its relevance for theorizing religion today. The volume establishes pragmatist concepts of religious individualization as powerful alternatives to the more common secularization discourse. In stressing the importance of Josiah Royce's work, it emphasizes religious individualism's compatibility with community. At the same time, by covering all of the major classical pragmatist theories of religion, it shows their kinship and common focus on the interrelation between the challenges of contingency and the semiotic significance of transcendence."

About the author

Hermann Deuser is professor emeritus at Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main and Permanent Fellow at the Max Weber Centre for Cultural and Social Studies at Erfurt University. Hans Joas (Author) Hans Joas is Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at Humboldt University and Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago. Matthias Jung (Author) Matthias Jung is professor for practical philosophy at Koblenz University. Magnus Schlette (Author) Magnus Schlette is Permanent Fellow at the FEST–Protestant Institute for Interdisciplinary Research in Heidelberg.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Varieties of Transcendence; American Philosophy (FUP)
• Editors: Hermann Deuser, Hans Joas, Matthias Jung, Magnus Schlette
• Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2016
• ISBN: 082326758X, 9780823267583
• Length: 303 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / Movements / Pragmatism