| Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: On God and the Soul Contributor(s): Westphal, Merold (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253216877 ISBN-13: 9780253216878 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $25.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: New thinking about the transcendence of God in a theistic context. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Theism - Religion | Philosophy |
| Dewey: 212 |
| LCCN: 2003025352 |
| Series: Indiana Series in the Philosophy of Religion (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.08" W x 9.16" (0.88 lbs) 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |