| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 243 pages) |
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Perspectives in continental philosophy |
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Perspectives in continental philosophy.
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The benefit of the doubt : Merold Westphal's prophetic philosophy of religion / B. Keith Putt -- Despoiling the Egyptians--gently : Merold Westphal and Hegel / William Desmond -- Merold Westphal on the sociopolitical implications of Kierkegaard's thought / C. Stephen Evans -- Levinas and Kierkegaard on triadic relations with God / M. Jamie Ferreira -- Appropriating Westphal appropriating Nietzsche : Merold Westphal as a theological resource / Bruce Ellis Benson -- Remaining faithful : postmodern claims, Christian messages / Edith Wyschogrod -- The God who refuses to appear on philosophy's terms / Martin Beck Matuštík -- What is Merold Westphal's critique of ontotheology criticizing? / John D. Caputo -- Transcendence in tears / Kevin Hart -- Between the prophetic and the sacramental / Richard Kearney -- Taking the wager of/on love : Luce Irigaray and the caress / James H. Olthuis -- The joy of being indebted : a concluding response / Merold Westphal -- Talking to Balaam's ass : a concluding conversation / B. Keith Putt and Merold Westphal |
| Summary |
Merold Westphal has been in the foremost ranks of philosophers who proclaim a new postsecular philosophy. By articulating an epistemology sensitive to the realities of cognitive finitude and moral weakness, he defends a wisdom that begins in both humility and commitment, one that always confesses that human beings can encounter meaning and truth only as human beings, never as gods. The present volume focuses on this wisdom of humility that characterizes Westphal's thought and explores how that wisdom, expressed through the redemptive dynamic of doubt, can contribute to developing a postsecular |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-233) and index |
| Notes |
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| Subject |
Westphal, Merold.
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Westphal, Merold
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Westphal, Merold |
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Philosophical theology.
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Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
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Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Hermeneutics
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RELIGION -- Philosophy.
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Hermeneutics -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Knowledge, Theory of (Religion)
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Philosophical theology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Putt, B. Keith.
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| ISBN |
9780823235223 |
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082323522X |
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9780823247172 |
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0823247171 |
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1282699016 |
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9781282699014 |
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9780823237678 |
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0823237672 |
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