On Mysticism, Ontology, and Modernity
Autor: | Shaw, Christopher |
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EAN: | 9783034319881 |
Sachgruppe: | Religion Religion/Theologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 336 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 04.01.2018 |
Untertitel: | A Theological Engagement with Secularity |
Schlagworte: | Christentum Erste Philosophie Humanismus Metaphysik Ontologie Philosophie / Metaphysik Religionsphilosophie Weltreligionen / Christentum |
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This new study offers a serious and long-overdue examination of the unstable bifurcation between theology and secularity. Rather than understanding these two formative elements of culture to be in a constant state of opposition, the author chooses an alternative path toward their reconciliation. In this way, a constructive relationship is developed between secular and theological ideas wherein they symbiotically challenge one another in such a way as to create new and/or re-examined opportunities for thinking about God, the world, and, indeed, the self. The book first of all embarks upon a hermeneutical reading of Meister Eckhart¿s defining statement that «Being is God» and ultimately arrives (via Kant, Hegel, Gadamer, Henry, and others) at a mystically informed understanding of God¿s presence both in the world and in the «heart and mind» of the human experience ¿ an understanding that defies conventional categories and static cultural identities. It is an important study of the history, the present, and the future of religious thought, presenting a hopeful image of unity and love in a world that has been for too long divided by difference.