A companion to Ferdinand Ulrich's Homo abyssus / D.C. Schindler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schindler, D. C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ulrich, Ferdinand. Homo abyssus.

Ulrich, Ferdinand.

Ontology.

Theological anthropology--Christianity.

Theological anthropology.

Physical Description:

ix, 237 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Humanum Academic Press, [2019]

Summary:

Ferdinand Ulrich's Homo Abyssus: The Drama of the Question of Being (Humanum, 2018), originally published in 1961, is one of the most groundbreaking works in Christian metaphysics from the twentieth century. But it is also a difficult book, posing unique challenges to the new reader because of its particular vocabulary, its unusual approach to traditional themes, and the philosophical background that it takes for granted. This Companion is intended to offer readers initial assistance with entering into the text and navigating their way once there. Rather than commenting on the text page by page, it includes five relatively brief essays on basic themes in the original volume and a simplified "digest" of the work's arguments as they appear in each section. It also provides a translation of a paper Ulrich delivered just after publishing Homo Abyssus, in which he presents the essential argument of that work in a more concise scope. A Companion to Homo Abyssus will be indispensable to those who are encountering Ulrich's challenging but profoundly rewarding thought for the first time, and beneficial for those who wish to deepen their understanding of the book's broader implications. Book jacket.

Contents:

Situating Ferdinand Ulrich in history

The perfection of being, manifest in the finite creature

Being in time and space

The mystery of man and his onto-dramatic task

Metaphysics as praeparatio evangelica

Appendix A: Paraphrase of the argument of Homo abyssus

Appendix B: "The unity of the transcendentals in the metaphysics of man" (1960) Ferdinand Ulrich.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1948195038

9781948195034

OCLC:

1081381847