Toward a Humean True Religion: Genuine Theism, Moderate Hope, and Practical Morality by Andre C. Willis [Book Review]

Journal of the History of Philosophy 55 (1):168-169 (2017)
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Abstract

Andre Willis argues that although Hume is generally credited with being a “devastating critic” of religion, it is a mistake to view Hume solely in these terms or to present him as an “atheist.” This not only represents a failure to appreciate Hume’s “middle path” between “militant atheists and evangelical theists”, it denies us an opportunity to “enhance” our understanding and appreciation of the positive, constructive value of religion through a close study of Hume’s views. Willis’s study presents Hume as committed to a “bifurcated approach to religion” that rests on the fundamental distinction between “false religion” and “true religion”. False religion, which includes Christianity, is a...

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Paul Russell
University of British Columbia

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