The transmutation of continental philosophy of religion: questioning the ‘continent’ in continental

Lynch, T. (2025) The transmutation of continental philosophy of religion: questioning the ‘continent’ in continental. Literature and Theology, 39 (1). pp. 47-60. ISSN 0269-1205

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Abstract

Continental philosophy of religion is inescapably European. This Europeanness is much more than geographic. It entails a variety of understandings of subjectivity, epistemology, ontology, politics, ethics and the relation between these different concepts. I examine how continental philosophy has insufficiently confronted its Europeanness and critique the way that comparisons with analytic philosophy can result in a self-satisfied conception of the field. Drawing on Nietzsche, Deleuze and Sylvia Wynter I argue for a transmutation of continental philosophy of religion. I conclude by examining how work on agency and secularism is illustrative of the need for this transmutation.

Publication Type: Articles
Uncontrolled Keywords: religion, philosophy, theology, transmutation,
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General)
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > Theology, Philosophy and Religion
Research Entities > Centre for Cultural History
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Depositing User: Tommy Lynch
Date Deposited: 23 Oct 2024 11:39
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2025 10:20
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/7806

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