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A Faith for the Future : Why Traditional Religion Is the Preferable Form of Evolutionary Religion

Palmqvist, Carl-Johan LU (2021) In European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
Abstract
In the philosophy of J. L. Schellenberg, “evolutionary religion” is a religious stance oriented towards the deep future. According to Schellenberg, the best form of evolutionary religion is non-doxastic faith in ultimism. I reject Schellenberg’s arguments for preferring ultimism and suggest that committing non-doxastically to traditional religion makes more sense from an evolutionary perspective. I argue that the alignment argument for traditional religion remains sound even when the deep future is considered. Furthermore, I assess Schellenberg’s claim that humanity is religiously immature.
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Evolutionary Religion, Non-Doxastic Religion, Faith, Ultimism, Schellenberg
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European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
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  author       = {{Palmqvist, Carl-Johan}},
  issn         = {{1689-8311}},
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  publisher    = {{European Journal for Philosophy of Religion}},
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  title        = {{A Faith for the Future : Why Traditional Religion Is the Preferable Form of Evolutionary Religion}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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