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Philosophy of religion is undergoing a process of transformation. The discipline now reflects the increasing recognition that religion is a global phenomenon and that a truly comprehensive understanding of it requires engagement with the full range of religious experiences and perspectives. Accordingly, leading scholars have been expanding the field’s scope and developing new approaches. Cambridge Elements in Global Philosophy of Religion provide concise and structured overviews of cutting-edge philosophical research addressing a wide range of religious beliefs and practices. The series emphasises global, multi-faith viewpoints, incorporating insights from numerous religious and wisdom traditions. Leading scholars from diverse cultural backgrounds and geographical regions explore topics and issues that have been overlooked by Western philosophy of religion. The diverse perspectives which engage with contemporary issues make this series a vital contribution to the ongoing conversation about the fundamental role of religion in the twenty-first century.

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3 results in Elements in Global Philosophy of Religion

Contemporary Pagan Philosophy
  • Eric Steinhart
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    January 2025
    Print publication:
    31 January 2025
  • One of the most remarkable features of the current religious landscape in the West is the emergence of new Pagan religions. Here the author will use techniques from recent analytic philosophy of religion to try to clarify and understand the major themes in contemporary Paganisms. They will discuss Pagan concepts of nature, looking at nature as a network of animated agents. They will examine several Pagan theologies, and Pagan ways of relating to deities, such as theurgy. They will discuss Pagan practices like divination, visualization, and magic. And they will talk about Pagan ethics. Their discussions are based on extensive references to contemporary Pagan writings, from many different traditions. New Pagan religions, and new Pagan philosophies, have much to contribute to the religious future of the West, and to contemporary analytic philosophy of religion.

Afro-Brazilian Religions

The African Mood Perspective on God and the Problem of Evil
  • Ada Agada
  • Coming soon
  • Expected online publication date:
    January 2025
    Print publication:
    31 January 2025
  • This Element concisely and critically explores the African limited God perspective that denies that the categories of omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence are applicable to the God of African Traditional Religion (ATR). The Element teases out the intricate conceptual nuances in the limitation thesis and interrogates the divergent stances of proponents of the limited God view, with special focus on the mood perspective of the philosophy of consolationism. Proponents of the limitation thesis may be limited God theists who accept that the limited God is a creator-deity or, at least, a world-designer, or limited God non-theists who deny the limited God personality and agency. The Element expands the frontiers of research in African philosophy of religion by showing that the limitation thesis raises the question of a limited God's moral responsibility for some of the evil in the world in his capacity as a world-creator or world-designer.