Transcendence and self-transcendence [[electronic resource] ] : on God and the soul / / Merold Westphal

• Autore: Westphal Merold
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, IN, : Indiana University Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 212
• Soggetto topico: Religion - Philosophy; Transcendence (Philosophy)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 hum
• Titolo autorizzato: Transcendence and self-transcendence
• ISBN: 0-253-11099-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449854403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.