The Ontology of Gods

This volume offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of religion, and proposes a new conceptual repertoire to deal with supernatural religion. Jibu Mathew George offers an interdisciplinary perspective on the source and dynamics of religious ideation upon which belief and faith are based, at the fundamental levels of human reasoning. Using Max Weber's concept of Disenchantment of the World as a point of departure, this book endeavors to provide a pioneering philosophical and psychological understanding of the nature of enchantment, disenchantment, and possible re-enchantments as they pertain to the occidental cultural history in Weberian retrospect.

Offers a novel philosophical thesis on the ontology of religion. Endeavors to reconceptualize the Weberian trajectory of enchantment and disenchantment in the world. Proposes a new conceptual repetoire to understand supernatural religion.

Autorentext

Jibu Mathew George is Assistant Professor in the Department of Indian and World Literatures at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India

Inhalt

1. Introduction: Entzauberung Der Welt.- 2. A Tale Of Two Realms.- 3. Naturalization Of The Supernatural.- 4. The God-Signifier And The Ontological Continuum.- 5. Supernatural And The World Process.- 6. In-Built Mechanisms And The Historical Efficacy Of Religious Systems.- 7. How Enchanted Could the Age of Faith Have Been?.- 8. The Ontology of Religious Narratives: Nuances, Potencies, and Crossovers.- 9. Trajectories Of Re-Enchantment.- Conclusion.