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Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: On God and the Soul (Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion)

By Merold Westphal

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9780253110992, 9780253344137, 0253344131, 0253216877, 9780253216878
Open Library ID
OL9629197M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1679861 bytes)
Pages
256\255
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The question of the transcendence of God has traditionally been thought in terms of the difference between pantheism, which affirms that God is wholly "within" the world, and theism, which affirms that God is both "within" and "outside" the world, both immanent and transcendent. Against Heidegger's critique of onto-theology and the general postmodern concern for respecting and preserving the difference of the other, Merold Westphal seeks to rethink divine transcendence in relation to modes of human self-transcendence. Touching upon Spinoza, Hegel, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, Barth, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Derrida, and Marion, Westphal's work centers around a critique of onto-theology, the importance of alterity, the decentered self, and the autonomous transcendental ego. Westphal's phenomenology of faith sets this book into the main currents of Continental philosophy of religion today.

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