James P. Carse

James P. Carse (died September 25, 2020) was an American academic who was Professor Emeritus of history and literature of religion at New York University. His book Finite and Infinite Games was widely influential. He was religious "in the sense that I am endlessly fascinated with the unknowability of what it means to be human, to exist at all."[2]

James P. Carse
Died(2020-09-25)September 25, 2020 [1]
Era20th/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern Philosophy
Main interests
Religion, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Notable ideas
Game Theory, Ontology

Carse's recent work on religion and belief provides a foil to New Atheism. His ideas about religion and belief were featured on the May 4, 2012 CBC Radio series Ideas titled After Atheism: New Perspectives on God and Religion, Part 4.

His novel PhDeath: The Puzzler Murders[3] was published in the fall of 2016.

Books
  • Jonathan Edwards & The Visibility of God. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967
  • Death and Existence: A Conceptual History of Human Mortality 1980.
  • The Silence of God: Meditations on Prayer (excerpt) 1985.
  • Finite and Infinite Games. New York: Ballantine Books ISBN 0-345-34184-8. 1987.
  • Breakfast at the Victory 1994.
  • The Gospel of the Beloved Disciple 1997.
  • The Religious Case Against Belief. 2008. New York: The Penguin Press ISBN 978-1-59420-169-1
  • PhDeath: The Puzzler Murders. 2016. New York. Opus Press 978-1-62316-066-1

Audio Seminars

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031025635/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/recorder/obituary.aspx?pid=196925994
  2. Paulson, Steve (July 21, 2008). "Religion is poetry". Salon.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2008.
  3. "Fiction Book Review: PhDeath: The Puzzler Murders by James P. Carse. Opus, $19.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-62316-066-1". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved January 27, 2017.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.