Volume 32, Issue 4, October 2015
Bruce Ellis Benson
Pages 371-390
The Two-Fold Task of Christian Philosophy of Religion
Using Pierre Hadot’s idea of “philosophy as a way of life,” I argue that Christian philosophy of religion is ultimately about the practical task of living our lives. But I contend that this task is two-fold: it is includes both theory and practice. While analytic philosophy of philosophy of religion (APR) tends to emphasize theory and continental philosophy of religion (CPR) tends to emphasize practice (admittedly, these generalizations are only true to a certain extent), APR and CPR are both part of a two-fold task. Throughout the paper, I put into question any hard distinction between theory and practice.