Realms of Discourse
D.Z. Phillips and Religious Expression
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/rsth.v25i1.71Keywords:
DZ Phillips, autonomy thesis, dominant conception theory, nature of GodAbstract
Is there a distinct ‘realm’ of religious discourse? Do religious claims so conceived stand in potential conflict with other sorts of claims? Several ways of elucidating the idea of a ‘distinct realm’ are examined and found wanting. Then the work of DZ Phillips is sympathetically, but critically, examined for its implications for the idea of a distinct ‘realm’ of religious discourse.
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