The inherent problem with your suggestion to integrate philosophy and one's religious views, cello, is that the two are incompatible. By definition, religion involves "the service and worship of God or the supernatural" while philosphy broadly deals with "all learning exclusive of technical precepts and practical arts" (per Merrriam-Webster). The obvious and humbling (for me at least) truth of this came when I played the "god" games at TPM Online:
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/whatisgod.htm
http://www.philosophersnet.com/games/god.htm
It would be nice if there were some philosophical substantiation for one's religious beliefs, but it ain't gonna happen. You can't have religion without a leap of faith, i.e, the acceptance, as true, of facts central to the religion, notwithstanding the absence of objective supporting evidence or logical proof.
There can be a convergence of certain principles, but that still doesn't get you there. At the end of the day, there simply is no philosophical proof to validate one's belief in the diety or dieties of his or her choice.