Amber L. Griffioen works on topics in philosophy of religion, moral psychology, contemplative and mystical traditions, philosophy of sport, and the philosophy of pregnancy and pregnancy loss. She is also a certified philosophical counselor and existential coach for reproductive struggle and life transition.

• Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Playing at Being a Discipline? Part One: Reorientation1 Beyond Help? Fairies, Idols, and the View from Nowhere 2 Beyond Knowledge: Toward a Social Epistemology of Understanding 3 Beyond Nowhere: Doing Religious Epistemology from Somewhere Interlude—From Reorientation to Reform: Implications for the Discipline Part Two: Reform4 Beyond the Cognitive: Faith, Commitment, and the Religious Life 5 Beyond the Doxastic: Recovering the Role of Imagination in Religion 6 Beyond the Indicative: the “Ultimate Horizons” of Pretend Play 7 Beyond Faith: Make-believe and the Religious Life Interlude—From Reform to Revolution: Playing the “Spoilsport” Part Three: Revolution8 Beyond Theodicy: Faith-shaking Trauma and the “Purely Intellectual” Approach9 Beyond Closure? “Re-mystifying” Analytic Philosophy of Religion Works Cited Index

Amber L. Griffioen works on topics in philosophy of religion, moral psychology, contemplative and mystical traditions, philosophy of sport, and the philosophy of pregnancy and pregnancy loss. She is also a certified philosophical counselor and existential coach for reproductive struggle and life transition.

• Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Playing at Being a Discipline? Part One: Reorientation1 Beyond Help? Fairies, Idols, and the View from Nowhere 2 Beyond Knowledge: Toward a Social Epistemology of Understanding 3 Beyond Nowhere: Doing Religious Epistemology from Somewhere Interlude—From Reorientation to Reform: Implications for the Discipline Part Two: Reform4 Beyond the Cognitive: Faith, Commitment, and the Religious Life 5 Beyond the Doxastic: Recovering the Role of Imagination in Religion 6 Beyond the Indicative: the “Ultimate Horizons” of Pretend Play 7 Beyond Faith: Make-believe and the Religious Life Interlude—From Reform to Revolution: Playing the “Spoilsport” Part Three: Revolution8 Beyond Theodicy: Faith-shaking Trauma and the “Purely Intellectual” Approach9 Beyond Closure? “Re-mystifying” Analytic Philosophy of Religion Works Cited Index

Amber L. Griffioen works on topics in philosophy of religion, moral psychology, contemplative and mystical traditions, philosophy of sport, and the philosophy of pregnancy and pregnancy loss. She is also a certified philosophical counselor and existential coach for reproductive struggle and life transition.

• Preface AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Playing at Being a Discipline? Part One: Reorientation1 Beyond Help? Fairies, Idols, and the View from Nowhere 2 Beyond Knowledge: Toward a Social Epistemology of Understanding 3 Beyond Nowhere: Doing Religious Epistemology from Somewhere Interlude—From Reorientation to Reform: Implications for the Discipline Part Two: Reform4 Beyond the Cognitive: Faith, Commitment, and the Religious Life 5 Beyond the Doxastic: Recovering the Role of Imagination in Religion 6 Beyond the Indicative: the “Ultimate Horizons” of Pretend Play 7 Beyond Faith: Make-believe and the Religious Life Interlude—From Reform to Revolution: Playing the “Spoilsport” Part Three: Revolution8 Beyond Theodicy: Faith-shaking Trauma and the “Purely Intellectual” Approach9 Beyond Closure? “Re-mystifying” Analytic Philosophy of Religion Works Cited Index