Merold Westphal: 4 books
In Praise of Heteronomy
Making Room for Revelation
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2017
Recognizing the essential heteronomy of postmodern philosophy of religion, Merold Westphal argues against the assumption that human reason is universal, neutral, and devoid of presupposition. Instead, Westphal contends that any philosophy is a matter of faith and the philosophical encounter with theology...
Whose Community? Which Interpretation? (The Church and Postmodern Culture)
Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church....
Overcoming Onto-Theology
Toward a Postmodern Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2009
Overcoming Onto-theology is a stunning collection of essays by Merold Westphal, one of America’s leading continental philosophers of religion, in which Westphal carefully explores the nature and the structure of a postmodern Christian philosophy. Written with characteristic clarity and charm, Westphal...
by Merold Westphal
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2014
In this book renowned philosopher Merold Westphal unpacks the writings of nineteenth-century thinker Søren Kierkegaard on biblical, Christian faith and its relation to reason.
Across five books — Fear and Trembling, Philosophical Fragments, Concluding Unscientific Postscript, Sickness Unto...