Abstract
1.1. The problem of the range of entities. One central issue about the idea of worship concerns the range of entities that can be worshipped. That is, what range of entities can be objects of worship? This is different, of course, from the question of what objects one should worship. Maybe there should be only one such entity, the true God. But that value-judgement differs from the issue of what entities it makes sense to worship. Or to put it more linguistically, can we delimit the range of objects properly taken by the verb ‘to worship’?
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1972 Ninian Smart
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Smart, N. (1972). Worshipping. In: The Concept of Worship. New Studies in the Philosophy of Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00738-7_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00738-7_1
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-00740-0
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-00738-7
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy CollectionPhilosophy and Religion (R0)