TY - BOOK ID - 135130985 TI - Wittgenstein's (misunderstood) religious thought PY - 2010 SN - 1283039400 9786613039408 9004186115 9004186093 9789004186118 9789004186095 9781283039406 6613039403 PB - Leiden, the Netherlands Boston Brill DB - UniCat KW - Religion KW - Negative theology. KW - Philosophy. KW - Wittgenstein, Ludwig, KW - Negative theology KW - Philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135130985 AB - Wittgenstein's religious thought is not well understood. And Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion is charged with fideism, religious non-realism, and even crypto-atheism. These charges, however, are borne of misunderstandings that are a result of the critics' being oblivious of apophatic theology. This book is intended to help clear some of those misunderstandings and neutralize the above-mentioned charges. It argues that Wittgenstein's religious thought shares kinship with the thought of apophaticists in Christendom such as the Pseudo-Dionysius and St. Thomas Aquinas. What appear to be fideism, non-realism, or crypto-atheism to the critics appear differently to those who see Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion from the apophaticists' point of view--Wittgenstein's religious point of view. ER -