Heidegger's phenomenology of religion : realism and cultural criticism / Benjamin D. Crowe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crowe, Benjamin D., 1976-

Series:

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Religion--Philosophy.

Religion.

Phenomenology.

Physical Description:

xv, 151 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Throughout his long and controversial career, Martin Heidegger developed a substantial contribution to the phenomenology of religion. In Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion, Benjamin D. Crowe examines the key concepts and developmental phases that characterized Heidegger's work. Crowe shows that Heidegger's account of the meaning and structure of religious life belongs to his larger project of exposing and criticizing the fundamental assumptions of late modern culture. He reveals Heidegger as a realist through careful readings of his views on religious attitudes and activities. Crowe challenges interpretations of Heidegger's early efforts in the phenomenology of religion and later writings on religion, including discussions of Greek religion and Holderlin's poetry. This book is sure to spark discussion and debate as Heidegger's work in religion and the philosophy of religion becomes increasingly important.

Contents:

List of Abbreviations of Works by Heidegger xi

1 Religion and Cultural Criticism 18

The Conceptual Framework for Heidegger's Cultural Criticism 20

Modernity and Subjectivism 29

Modernity and Theology 36

Philosophical Voices of Modernity: Neo-Kantianism and Nietzsche 42

Anti-Realism and Religion 49

2 Heidegger's Early Phenomenology of Religion 57

Fundamental Themes 58

Being-in-the-world 63

The "Grace-Character" of Religious Life 66

The "Givenness" or "Objecthood" of God 67

Influences 67

Friedrich Schleiermacher: Realism and Phenomenological Method 67

Edmund Husserl 70

Adolf Reinach 72

Heidegger's Earliest Sketches of a Phenomenology of Religion 73

Winter Semester 1920-1921: Heidegger's Lectures on Pauline Christianity 80

Summer Semester 1921: Heidegger's Lectures on Augustine 91

3 Heidegger's Later Phenomenology of Religion 97

New Elements, Persisting Project 98

The Concept of "The Holy" 105

Phenomenology of Greek Religion 116

The "Gods" 122

Religion and "Being-in-the-World" in Heidegger's Later Works 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [143]-148) and index.

ISBN:

9780253349552

0253349559

9780253219398

0253219396

OCLC:

137325248