John Dewey: Religious Faith and Democratic HumanismCombining ?biography and intellectual history, Steven Rockefeller offers an illuminating introduction to the philosophy of John Dewey, with special emphasis on the evolution of the religious faith and moral vision at the heart of his thought. This study pays particular attention to Dewey's radical democratic reconstruction of Christianity and his many contributions to the American tradition of spiritual democracy. Rockefeller presents the first full exploration of Dewey's religious thought, including its mystical dimension. Covering Dewey's entire intellectual life, the author provides a clear introduction to Dewey's early neo-Hegelian idealism as well as to his later naturalistic metaphysics, epistemology, theory of education, theory of evaluation, and philosophy of religion. The author tells the story of the evolution of this faith and philosophical vision, offering fresh insight into the enduring value of the thought of America's foremost philosopher. |
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Contents
Prologue I | 1 |
A Quest for Unity | 29 |
NeoHeglian Idealism and the New Psychology | 76 |
Christian Liberalism and Social Action | 125 |
The Truth Shall Make You Free | 169 |
Democracy Education and Religious Experience | 221 |
Pragmatism Progressivism and the War | 270 |
Poems Letters and Lessons | 312 |
The Moral Life in an Evolving World | 399 |
Religious Humanism | 445 |
Nature God and Religious Feeling | 491 |
A Gift of Grace | 541 |
Notes | 565 |
633 | |
Selected Bibliography of Books and Essays | 643 |
Nature Science and Values | 357 |