Timothy Knepper is Professor of Philosophy at Drake University, USA. He directs The Comparison Project, a public program in global, comparative religion and local, lived religion and is author of The Ends of Philosophy of Religion (2013).

Philosophies of Religion is a stunning intellectual achievement, from one of the world’s pioneers in forging a properly global and critical path within philosophy of religion. This is the undergraduate textbook for which we’ve been desperately waiting. In a field plagued by parochialism and cultural innocence, Knepper is lighting the way forward, dragging all of us into a new era of enlightened research and teaching. Masterpiece!

• IntroductionPART I: PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Chapter 1: The Traditions of Philosophy of ReligionChapter 2: What Is Religion?Chapter 3: What Is Philosophy?Chapter 4: The Content, Method, and Goals of Global-Critical Philosophy of ReligionPART II: JOURNEYS OF THE SELFChapter 5: Who Am I?Chapter 6: Where Do I Come From?Chapter 7: Where Am I Going?Chapter 8: How Do I Get There? Chapter 9: What Obstacles Stand in My Way?PART III: JOURNEYS OF THE COSMOSChapter 10: What is the Cosmos? Chapter 11: Where Does the Cosmos Come From?Chapter 12: Where Is the Cosmos Going? Chapter 13: What is the Path of the Cosmos?Chapter 14: What Obstacles Stand in the Way of the Cosmos?Epilogue: Which Journey, if any, Leads to its Destination?Bibliography Index

Timothy Knepper is Professor of Philosophy at Drake University, USA. He directs The Comparison Project, a public program in global, comparative religion and local, lived religion and is author of The Ends of Philosophy of Religion (2013).

Philosophies of Religion is a stunning intellectual achievement, from one of the world’s pioneers in forging a properly global and critical path within philosophy of religion. This is the undergraduate textbook for which we’ve been desperately waiting. In a field plagued by parochialism and cultural innocence, Knepper is lighting the way forward, dragging all of us into a new era of enlightened research and teaching. Masterpiece!

• IntroductionPART I: PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Chapter 1: The Traditions of Philosophy of ReligionChapter 2: What Is Religion?Chapter 3: What Is Philosophy?Chapter 4: The Content, Method, and Goals of Global-Critical Philosophy of ReligionPART II: JOURNEYS OF THE SELFChapter 5: Who Am I?Chapter 6: Where Do I Come From?Chapter 7: Where Am I Going?Chapter 8: How Do I Get There? Chapter 9: What Obstacles Stand in My Way?PART III: JOURNEYS OF THE COSMOSChapter 10: What is the Cosmos? Chapter 11: Where Does the Cosmos Come From?Chapter 12: Where Is the Cosmos Going? Chapter 13: What is the Path of the Cosmos?Chapter 14: What Obstacles Stand in the Way of the Cosmos?Epilogue: Which Journey, if any, Leads to its Destination?Bibliography Index

Timothy Knepper is Professor of Philosophy at Drake University, USA. He directs The Comparison Project, a public program in global, comparative religion and local, lived religion and is author of The Ends of Philosophy of Religion (2013).

Philosophies of Religion is a stunning intellectual achievement, from one of the world’s pioneers in forging a properly global and critical path within philosophy of religion. This is the undergraduate textbook for which we’ve been desperately waiting. In a field plagued by parochialism and cultural innocence, Knepper is lighting the way forward, dragging all of us into a new era of enlightened research and teaching. Masterpiece!

• IntroductionPART I: PHILOSOPHY, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Chapter 1: The Traditions of Philosophy of ReligionChapter 2: What Is Religion?Chapter 3: What Is Philosophy?Chapter 4: The Content, Method, and Goals of Global-Critical Philosophy of ReligionPART II: JOURNEYS OF THE SELFChapter 5: Who Am I?Chapter 6: Where Do I Come From?Chapter 7: Where Am I Going?Chapter 8: How Do I Get There? Chapter 9: What Obstacles Stand in My Way?PART III: JOURNEYS OF THE COSMOSChapter 10: What is the Cosmos? Chapter 11: Where Does the Cosmos Come From?Chapter 12: Where Is the Cosmos Going? Chapter 13: What is the Path of the Cosmos?Chapter 14: What Obstacles Stand in the Way of the Cosmos?Epilogue: Which Journey, if any, Leads to its Destination?Bibliography Index