Religion in the making: Lowell lectures, 1926

Product Description This classic text in American Philosophy by one of the foremost figures in American philosophy offers a concise analysis of the various factors in human nature which go toward forming a religion, to exhibit the inevitable transformation of religion with the transformation of knowledge and to direct attention to the foundation of religion on our apprehension of those permanent elements by reason of which there is a stable order in the world, permanent elements apart from which there could be no changing world. Review “Packed with learning and bristling with concise reasoning, almost every page of this book furnishes an opinion or a conclusion which could be developed into a lengthy chapter.” ( ―The New York Times) "This 1996 edition of Whitehead’s 1926 Lowelllectures offers a fresh opportunity to read and reconsider a seminal text in American philosophy. It contains an excellent introduction . . . Jones’s commentary is fair-minded, well written, and thought-provoking.” ( ―Religious Studies Review) About the Author Alfred North Whitehead (February 1861 – 30 December 1947) was an English mathematician and philosopher. Judith Jones is a member of the Philosophy Department at Fordham University. Randall E. Auxier is professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University–Carbondale. He is Editor of the Library of Living Philosophers and General Editor of the critical edition of The Works of Josiah Royce (1855–1916). He is former editor of the scholarly journal The Pluralist and author of Time, Will and Purpose: Living Ideas from the Philosophy of Josiah Royce. He writes widely on topics in popular culture and philosophy, especially about music. Book Description Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) was a prominent English mathematician and philosopher. Religion in the Making, which originated in a series of four lectures delivered in King's Chapel, Boston, during February 1926, constitutes an exploration of the relationship between human nature and religion.