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Buijs, Martijn:
Spinoza and the Possibility of a Philosophical Religion

: Academia.edu, 2021. - 12 pp.

Contains summary in: English

Literature type: Internet Resource
Language: English
Thematic areas: Theology / biblical hermeneutics / philosophy of religion

English commentary: "What is a philosophical religion? Carlos Fraenkel proposes that we use this term to describe “the interpretation of the historical forms of a religion in philosophical terms”. Such a philosophical interpretation allows religious traditions to be utilized in service of a political-pedagogical program, the goal of which is orienting society towards the highest good: human excellence. Here, I outline the idea of a philosophical religion as it can be found in the Arabic tradition of rationalist Aristotelianism and scrutinize Spinoza’s ambiguous response to this idea. [...]" [summary]URL: http://https://www.academia.edu/71052650/Spinoza_and_the_Possibility_of_a_Philosophical_Religion?email_work_card=view-paper

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