Transcendence and self-transcendence : on God and the soul / Merold Westphal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westphal, Merold.

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Transcendence (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

xiv, 235 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2004]

Summary:

The question of the transcendence of God has traditionally been posed as the difference between pantheism and theism. The first affirms that God is wholly "within" the world; the second 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 relgion today.

Contents:

Heidegger : how not to speak about God

Spinoza : the onto-theological pantheism of nature

Hegel : the onto-theological pantheism of spirit

Augustine and Pseudo-Dionysius : negative theology as a break with the onto-theological project

Pseudo-Dionysius and Aquinas : how to speak nevertheless about God

the analogy of being

Barth : how to speak nevertheless about God

the analogy of faith

Levinas : beyond onto-theology to love of neighbor

Kierkegaard : beyond onto-theology to love of God.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0253344131

0253216877

OCLC:

53485141