The Religious Philosophy of Roger Scruton

includes index and biblioraphy

Roger scruton as a Philosopher for Religion.........3 A transcendental argument for the transcendental .........17 1. What is the Sacred? Some philosophical and Theological Responses ......33 What is the sacred ..........35 The great absence ..........47 Locating the Sacred ......57 Metaphysical and doctrinal Implications .....67 That obscure object of Desire .........77 A glance at the face of God ..........89 2. Recalling the sacred : Philosophical and theological sources ........97 On finding beauty and truth in Rene Girard ......99 The Problem with plato ........111 Hierophany or Theophany ........121 Beyond dover beach ..........133 3. Sensing the sacred :Aesthetics, Art and Religion.............145 Religious thought and the Sensory World ......147 The Aesthetic Education of Mankind ............155 Entering the Unknown: Music, Self and God ......165 Art as Religion .........179 4. Conserving the Sacred : Common Law, Conservatism and Conservation ............189 Law, Liberty and polity.........191 The loss of the Sacred and the Challenge of Modern Conservation ..........203 Loving one`s Home in a Philosophical Culture ..........217 Thinking is Something Daunting .............229 5. The sacred and the Secular: Charles Taylor and Roger Scruton in Conversation ..............237 Roger Scruton and Charles Taylor on the Sacred and the Secular ...........239