Bøger i Philosophy of Religion serien

A chronological consideration of Heidegger's texts that assesses his achievement as a thinker, while pointing to the sources of his political and ethical failure. This work addresses the religious significance of Heidegger's thought.

Exploring the first-person narratives of three figures from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic mystical traditions - St Teresa of Avila, Rabbi Dov Baer, and Ruzbihan Baqli, this title provides a phenomenology of mysticism based in the Abrahamic religious traditions.

Is religious conservatism compatible with tolerance and pluralism? Why are religious tolerance and pluralism so difficult to achieve? Why is the often violent fundamentalist backlash against them so potent? This book suggests a way to deal with the intractable problem of religiously motivated and justified violence.

Explores the convergences between postmodern philosophies and religious belief and thought

Paul's thought explored by contemporary philosophers

Pushing past the constraints of postmodernism which cast 'reason' and 'religion' in opposition, this title seizes the opportunity to question the authority of 'the modern' and open the limits of possible experience, including the call to religious experience, as a new millennium approaches.

Applying an ever more radical hermeneutics (including Husserlian and Heideggerian phenomenology, Derridian deconstruction, and feminism), John D. Caputo breaks down the name of God in this irrepressible book. Instead of looking at God as merely a name, Caputo views it as an event, or what the name conjures or promises in the future. For Caputo, the event exposes God as weak, unstable, and barely functional. While this view of God flies in the face of most religions and philosophies, it also puts up a serious challenge to fundamental tenets of theology and ontology. Along the way, Caputo's readings of the New Testament, especially of Paul's view of the Kingdom of God, help to support the "e;weak force"e; theory. This penetrating work cuts to the core of issues and questions-What is the nature of God? What is the nature of being? What is the relationship between God and being? What is the meaning of forgiveness, faith, piety, or transcendence?-that define the terrain of contemporary philosophy of religion.

Offers a bold and original view of what philosophical anthropology might look like

Discusses death and dying in Kierkegaard's work

Central, yet previously unexamined, infl uences on Marion's thought

Against the background of Denmark's evolution from a mercantile economy to a broad-based agricultural economy, this title interprets Kierkegaard's thought as a reaction to the tensions within his society.

The work of French philosopher and theologian Jean-Luc Marion has been recognized as among the most suggestive and productive in the philosophy of religion today. This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to Marion's large and conceptually dense corpus. It gives particular attention to Marion's early work on Descartes.