Transcendence in Philosophy and ReligionIndiana University Press, 16. apr 2003 - 160 pages Can transcendence be both philosophical and religious? Do philosophers and theologians conceive of the same thing when they think and talk about transcendence? Philosophy and religion have understood transcendence and other matters of faith differently, but both the language and concepts of religion, including transcendence, reside at the core of postmodern philosophy. Transcendence in Philosophy and Religion considers whether it is possible to analyze religious transcendence in a philosophical manner, and if so, whether there is a way for phenomenology to think transcendence directly. Attention is devoted to the role of French philosophy, particularly the work of Levinas, Ricoeur, Derrida, and Marion, in defining recent debates in the philosophy of religion and posing new ways of thinking about religious experience in a postmodern world. |
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... Pure Reason , all questions of transcendence are put outside the realm of objective thought . As Paul Ricoeur reminds us , that does not mean that rational theology comes to an end ( Le mal 30 ) . The work of theological thinkers deeply ...
... pure givenness , the Archi - Revelation , and so on - is a mistake and a departure from phenomenology to theology . Like Levinas , some of those whom Jan- icaud criticizes are open about the fact that they see religion as offering new ...
... pure reason , that reason is shaped by the very thing from which it promises to free us - namely , our life - world . To demonstrate his claim , West- phal compares and contrasts the theodicies of Kant and Hegel to show their grounding ...
... disagreement . For Marion , it is possible to deal with the pure phenomenon of revelation and , therefore , transcendence , and it is possi- ble to do so philosophically and not only theologically . 5 10 Thinking Transcendence.
... pure experience , an experience of pure powerlessness , is possible , and she argues , with Janicaud , that it is not . It is possible to think an experience with no object , but not an experience with no subject and , so , not a pure ...