A FAITH FOR THE FUTURE : WHY NON-DOXASTIC TRADITIONAL RELIGION IS THE PREFERABLE FORM OF EVOLUTIONARY RELIGION
(2022) In European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 14(1). p.95-121- 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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- Palmqvist, Carl Johan LU
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- 2022
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- 14
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- 27 pages
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- European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
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- 1689-8311
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- 10.24204/EJPR.2022.3677
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