Walter H Capps

Biographic Data

ID317140
NAMEWalter H Capps
GIVEN NAMESWalter H
FAMILY NAMECapps
SIGNATURECAPPS W H
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS36
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
H-INDEX2

  • The dialogue with the ‘New Europe’

    Walter H CappsARTICLEReligion State & Society1997References: 2

  • The New Religious Right

    Donald A Luidens, Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1992

    Examines the religious right through the eyes of the movement's leaders, including Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, and Jim and Tammy Bakker

  • A Response to Dr. Strenski

    Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1987

    Journal Article A RESPONSE TO DR. STRENSKI Get access WALTER H. CAPPS WALTER H. CAPPS Walter H. Capps is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93101 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LV, Issue 1, Spring 1987, Pages 125–128, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LV.1.125 Published: 01 March 1987

  • Religious Studies/Theological Studies

    Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1984Cited by: 2

  • The Unfinished War. Vietnam and the American Conscience

    Gareth Porter, Walter H Capps et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1983

  • The Unfinished War

    A Theodore Kachel, Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1983

  • Theology as Art Form

    Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1982

    Theology as Art Form Get access Walter H. Capps Walter H. Capps Walter H. Capps is Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara He is former Director of the Robert Maynard Hutchins Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, President of the Council on the Study of Religion, and a member of the California Council for the Humanities Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of …

  • Encounter with Erikson

    Richard King, Donald Capps et al.ARTICLEJournal for the Scientific Study…1978

  • A Forum on the Study of Religion in the University

    Walter H CappsARTICLEJournal of the American Academy…1974Cited by: 1

    Journal Article A Forum on the Study of Religion in the University: ON RELIGIOUS STUDIES, IN LIEU OF AN OVERVIEW Get access WALTER H. CAPPS WALTER H. CAPPS WALTER H. CAPPS (Ph.D., Yale University) is Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Institute of Religious Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara. He is the author of Time Invades the Cathedral and Ways of Understanding Religion. This essay forms the basis of another boo…

  • Geo Widengren On Syncretism

    Walter H CappsARTICLENumen1973

    Strictly speaking, I am not an historian of religion. Consequently, my contribution to the subject, unlike most other contributions, will not be based on textual studies, philological analysis, or even on recent archaeological findings. My interests are different. Trusting the truth of Thomas Kuhn's observations regarding the functions of paradigms in scientific research 1), and Pierre Thevanez' contention that revolutions in thought come more fr…

  • The Religious Personality

    E Mansell Pattison, Ε Mansell Pattison et al.ARTICLEReview of Religious Research1973

  • A Revolution in Theology Religion, Revolution, and the Future . Jürgen Moltmann

    Walter H CappsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1971

  • Segerstedt on We-Feeling

    Open AccessWalter H CappsARTICLEActa Sociologica1971

    The article focuses on 'we-feeling' - a concept which blends aesthetic and sociological elements - as an index to a prime function of religious institutions. Employing Torgny T. Segcrstedt's suggestions regarding 'we- feeling,' it assesses and refines the proposals of a recent study, To Comfort and to Challenge, by American authors Glock, Ringer, and Babbie. From both standpoints it contends that 'we-feeling' is an indispensable charac teristic o…

  • The Bounds of Sense. An Essay on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

    Walter H Capps, P F StrawsonARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1969Cited by: 31

    Peter Strawson (1919–2006) was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation and an influential figure in a golden age for British philosophy between 1950 and 1970. The Bounds of Sense is one of the most influential books ever written about Kant’s philosophy, and is one of the key philosophical works of the late twentieth century. Whilst probably best known for its criticism of Kant’s transcendental idealism, it is also famous for the…

  • A Critique of British Empiricism

    Walter H Capps, Fraser CowleyARTICLEPhilosophy and Phenomenological…1969Cited by: 2

  • A Via Positiva in Kant

    Walter H CappsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1968

  • Plurality of Theologies

    Open AccessWalter H CappsARTICLEReligious Studies1967

    There has been a great deal of talk recently among historians of Christian reflection about the problem and the possibility of a ‘plurality of theologies’. Directives from such eminent spokesmen as Karl Rahner have underscored the need for a rationale by which to demonstrate that the presence of different orientations does not necessarily violate the unitary character of a Christian tradition. Other Catholic thinkers have offered arguments for as…

  • Personal Faith

    Walter H CappsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1967

  • The Problem of God in Philosophy of Religion. Henry Dumery , Charles Courtney

    Walter H CappsARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1966

  • Being and Becoming » and « God and the World ». An Analysis of Whitehead's Account of their Early Association

    Walter H CappsARTICLERevue Philosophique de Louvain1965