This collection of essays on the philosophy of religion and its future brings together accomplished thinkers across several related fields, from comparative philosophy to analytic and continental philosophy of religion and beyond. Contributing authors address pressing questions including: Where does philosophy stand in relation to religion and the study of religion in the 21st century? How ought the philosophy of religion to interact with religious studies and theology to make for fruitful interdisciplinary engagement? And what does philosophy uniquely have to offer to the broad discourse on religion in the modern world? Through exploring these questions and more, the authors goal is not that of meeting the philosophical future, but of forging it.

Readers will enter a vivid conversation through engaging essays which demonstrate the importance of disciplinary openness and show that we do not need to sacrifice depth in order to achieve breadth. Modernity and postmodernity come together in a constantly evolving discussion that moves the philosophy of religion forward, while keeping an eye toward the experience accumulated in past centuries.

This book will interest students of philosophy, theology, religious studies, and other fields that wonder about the place of philosophy and religion in todays world. It also has much to offer advanced scholars in these fields, through its breadth and forward thinking.

Malcolm David Eckel is Professor of Religion and Director of the Institute for Philosophy and Religion at Boston University. He has received the Metcalf Award for Teaching Excellence (1998), and has served as Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Humanities (2002-5), as well as Assistant Dean and Director of the Core Curriculum. He also has served on the Visiting Committees of Harvard Divinity School and the Department of Asian Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

C. Allen Speight is Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Boston University, and has been a Fulbright Professor at Leuphana Universität Lüneburg (2012), Berlin Prize Fellow of the American Academy in Berlin (2003), a fellow of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 1990), and a Fulbright Scholar at the Hegel Archive of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (1991-92).

Troy DuJardin has served as Assistant Director in the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religionsince 2015. He has also served as a writing fellow in the Boston University Core Curriculum, a teaching fellow in religious studies, and an instructor in philosophy.

Chapter 1. God and the Ambivalence of Being (Jean-Luc Marion).- Chapter 2. Religion without God: an Indian Perspective (Parimal Patil).- Chapter 3. A Philosophical Framework for the Future of Spirituality (Wesley Wildman).- Chapter 4. William James Revisited: Pragmatic Approaches to Religion (David Lamberth).- Chapter 5. Critical Theory, Conspiracy, and Gullible Critique (Andrew Dole).- Chapter 6. Can Philosophy Help Us Understand Religion? (Michael Zank).- Chapter 7. What Religious Studies Teach the Humanities: A Philosophical Perspective (Dan Arnold).- Chapter 8. Belief that Matters: Religion, Race and the Future of the Philosophy of Religion (Elizabeth Pritchard).- Chapter 9. A Nietzschean Paradigm for Contemporary Philosophy of Religion (Ryan Coyne).- Chapter 10. The Very Idea of a Bridge Concept: Comparative Ethics without Scheme/Content Dualism (David Decosimo).- Chapter 11. Ascetic Discr­­ti and Philosophical Critique in the Contemporary Study of Religion (Niki Clements).- Chapter 12. Philosophy of Lived Religion: The Next Revolution? (Tim Knepper).- Chapter 13. Nearly Neighbors: Philosophy of Religion and its Close Encounters with Modern Jewish Thought (Sarah Hammerschlag).- Chapter 14. How to Do Philosophy of Religion in the Anthropocene (Mark Larrimore).- Chapter 15. Religious Practices and the Formation of Subjects (Kevin Schilbrack).- Chapter 16. Psychoanalysis and the Monotheistic Origins of Modern Science (Kenneth Reinhard).- Chapter 17. Before (and After) Religion, Philosophy and Art (C. Allen Speight).