Agnosis: Theology in the Void

1996. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-333-63864-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 195 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question Agnosis examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida, and dialoguing with Japan's Kyoto School philosophers. It is argued that neither Augustinian nor post-Hegelian metaphysics have given a satisfactory understanding of nothingness and that we must look to an experience of nothingness as the best ground for future religious life and thought.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pattison, G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Augustinian Inheritance - Nothingness and the Return of Metaphysics - The Experience of the Void - Nothingness and the Place of Religious Experience: An Asian View - Agnosis: Thinking God in the Void - Bibliography - Index

Über Autor(innen)

George Pattison is 1640 Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow, having previously held posts at King's College Cambridge, the Universities of Aarhus and Oxford. He has published extensively on the philosophy of religion since Hegel, especially Kierkegaard and Heidegger, and on theology, art, and literature. His recent books include (2011), (2013) and (2013).