Religion in the making : Lowell lectures 1926 /​ by Alfred North Whitehead

• Religion in the making : Lowell lectures 1926 / by Alfred North Whitehead ; introduction by Judith A. Jones ; glossary by Randall E. Auxier.

Author

• Whitehead, Alfred North, 1861-1947.

Other Authors

• Jones, Judith A.

Published

• New York : Fordham University Press, 1996.

Physical Description

• lxvi, 13-256 p. ; 20 cm.

Subjects

• Religion.
• Religion -- Philosophy.

Summary

• Alfred North Whitehead writes in the opening chapter of Religion in the Making, "it is my purpose... to consider the type of justification which is available for belief in doctrines of religion. This is a question which in some new form challenges each generation, it's the peculiarity of religion that humanity is always shifting its attitude towards it." This classic text in American philosophy by one of its foremost figures offers a concise analysis of the various factors in human nature which go toward forming a religion. It exhibits the inevitable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge and directs attention to the foundation of religion on our apprehension of those permanent elements by reason of which there is a stable order in the world, permanent elements apart from which there could be no changing world.

Contents

• I. Religion in History. I. Religion Defined. II. The Emergence of Religion. III. Ritual and Emotion. IV. Belief. V. Rationalism. VI. The Ascent of Man. VII. The Final Contrast
• II. Religion and Dogma. I. The Religious Consciousness in History. II. The Description of Religious Experience. III. God. IV. The Quest of God
• III. Body and Spirit. I. Religion and Metaphysics. II. The Contribution of Religion to Metaphysics. III. A Metaphysical Description. IV. God and the Moral Order. V. Value and the Purpose of God. VI. Body and Mind. VII. The Creative Process
• IV. Truth and Criticism. I. The Development of Dogma. II. Experience and Expression. III. The Three Traditions. IV. The Nature of God. V. Conclusion.

Notes

• Originally published: New York : Macmillan, 1926.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

• English