Explorations in Post-Secular Metaphysics
This book explores the metaphysical assumptions that underlie different interpretations of the relationship between religion and the secular, faith and reason, and transcendence and immanence. It explores different answers to the question of how people of
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Explorations in Post-Secular Metaphysics Josef Bengtson University of Southern Denmark
© Josef Bengtson 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56049-3 DOI 10.1057/9781137553362
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Contents Preface
vi
Acknowledgments
viii
1 Introduction: Between Scientism and Fundamentalism
1
2 Whose Religion, Which Secular? 2.1 Post-secularism 2.2 Metaphysics 2.3 Difference and metaphysics
10 13 18 23
3 Phenomenology and Overlapping Consensus 3.1 Charles Taylor 3.2 Ontology and difference 3.3 Taylor’s post-secularism in practice
27 27 39 46
4 Analogy and Corporatist Pluralism 4.1 John Milbank 4.2 Milbank’s metaphysics 4.3 Milbank’s post-secularism in practice
53 53 61 68
5 Becoming and Rhizomatic Pluralism 5.1 William Connolly 5.2 William Connolly’s ontology 5.3 William Connolly’s post-secularism in practice
75 75 86 93
6 Post-Secular Visions 6.1 Different accounts of being: univocity vs. analogy 6.2 Transcendence and immanence: an attempt at a typology 6.3 Practical implications 6.4 Three post-secular visions
103 105 112 117 142
7 Conclusion 7.1 Transcending the secular 7.2 A metaphysical post-secularity 7.3 Differing accounts of difference
151 151 155 160
Notes
163
Bibliography
197
Index
209 v
Preface This is a book about how we, despite our differences, might live peacefully together
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