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1 online resource (xiv, 235 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
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Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 post-modern 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, |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy. |
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Transcendence (Philosophy)
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Transcendence (Philosophy) |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westphal, Merold. Transcendence and self-transcendence. Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, ©2004 0253344131 0253216877 (DLC) 2003025352 (OCoLC)53485141 |
| ISBN |
0253110998 (electronic book) |
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9780253110992 (electronic book) |
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0253344131 (alkaline paper) |
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9780253344137 (alkaline paper) |
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0253216877 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253216878 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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