Religion in Multidisciplinary Perspective

F. LeRon Shults is Professor at the Institute for Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His many books include Practicing Safe Sects: Religious Reproduction in Scientific and Philosophical Perspective. Robert Cummings Neville is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology and Dean Emeritus of the School of Theology at Boston University. His many books include Metaphysics of Goodness: Harmony and Form, Beauty and Art, Obligation and Personhood, Flourishing and Civilization, also published by SUNY Press.

"Readers of this volume should come away with an understanding of what genuinely comparative and multidisciplinary philosophy of religion looks like in practice." — Religious Studies Review"This is a unique volume, the first to comprehensively examine the theological work of Wesley J. Wildman. Wildman represents a twenty-first-century way forward for comparative and philosophical theology, and each chapter offers valuable discussions and critiques of his work." — John R. Shook, author of The God Debates: A 21st Century Guide for Atheists and Believers (and Everyone in Between)

• 1. Introduction to the Work of Wesley J. WildmanF. LeRon Shults and Robert Cummings NevillePart I: Philosophical Approaches 2. The Model(ing) Philosophy of Wesley WildmanF. LeRon Shults3. Wildman's Reconstruction of Philosophy of ReligionTimothy D. Knepper4. Wesley Wildman's Lessons for and from EthicsSarah E. Fredericks5. Pragmatist Inquiry and the Problem of ValueNathaniel F. BarrettPart II: Theological Approaches 6. Pragmatism and the Future of Philosophical TheologyMichael L. Raposa7. Committing Theology in the Secular UniversityKevin Schilbrack8. Wesley Wildman's TheologyRobert Cummings Neville9. Wildman's Effing SymbologyNancy K. Frankenberry10. Nature and Homo religious in Wildman's Science and Religious AnthropologyRobert S. CorringtonPart III: Scientific Approaches 11. Relating within Wildman's Integrative Engagement with Psychology, Spirituality, and HumilitySteven J. Sandage12. Wildman's Contributions to the Neuroscience of Religious and Spiritual ExperiencesPatrick McNamara13. Religious and Spiritual Experiences: An Imagined Dialogue with Wesley WildmanAnne Taves14. The Man Who Receives Too Many Emails: Exploring the Construction of Wildman's Institutional RealityRichard Sosis15. Response to Religion in Multidisciplinary PerspectiveWesley J. WildmanAuthor BiosIndex