Background
Wainwright, William Judson was born on February 14, 1935 in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Jack and Marian Meredith (Martin) Wainwright.
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Between the opposing claims of reason and religious subjectivity may be a middle ground, William J. Wainwright argues. His book is a philosophical reflection on the role of emotion in guiding reason. There is evidence, he contends, that reason functions properly only when informed by a rightly disposed heart.The idea of passional reason, so rarely discussed today, once dominated religious reflection, and Wainwright pursues it through the writings of three of its past proponents: Jonathan Edwards, John Henry Newman, and William James. He focuses on Edwards, whose work typifies the Christian perspective on religious reasoning and the heart. Then, in his discussion of Newman and James, Wainwright shows how the emotions participate in non-religious reasoning. Finally he takes up the challenges most often posed to notions of passional reason: that such views justify irrationality and wishful thinking, that they can't be defended without circularity, and that they lead to relativism. His response to these charges culminates in an eloquent and persuasive defense of the claim that reason functions best when influenced by the appropriate emotions, feelings, and intuitions.
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This third edition of Philosophy of Religion offers a wide variety of readings designed to introduce students to important issues in the philosophy of religion. The authors have coupled new readings--including essays by Robert M. Adams, Peter Van Inwagen, and William P. Alston--with readings from classical philosophers, offering students an even more comprehensive and well-focused text. Many of the essays are particularly accessible to beginning philosophy students. New essays cover religious pluralism, teleological and moral arguments for God's existence, and the problem of evil. Philosophy of Religion, 3/e is an excellent choice for use as a main text or as a supplement for introductory courses in philosophy and religion.
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A striking feature of the current philosophical scene is the division between those philosophers of religion primarily associated with the American Philosophical Association and those primarily associated with the American Academy of Religion. This difference is loosely correlated with two others: the comparative dominance of analytic philosophy in the APA and of hermeneutical philosophy in the AA...
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Wainwright, William Judson was born on February 14, 1935 in Kokomo, Indiana, United States. Son of Francis Jack and Marian Meredith (Martin) Wainwright.
Bachelor, Kenyon College, 1957; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1961.
Instructor Dartmouth College, 1960-1962. Instructor, assistant professor University Illinois, Urbana, 1962-1968. Associate to distinguished full professor University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, since 1968.
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Member American Philosophical Association, American Academy Religion, Society Christian Philosophers, Society for Philosophy of Religion.
Married Eleanor Collier Skinner, June 28, 1958. Children: Rebecca Pickard, Sarah Martin.