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Informationen zum Autor Espen Dahl is Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway. He is author of Phenomenology and the Holy: Religious Experience after Husserl and In Between: The Holy Beyond Modern Dichotomies . Klappentext The American philosopher Stanley Cavell (b. 1926) is a secular Jew who by his own admission is obsessed with Christ, yet his outlook on religion in general is ambiguous. Probing the secular and the sacred in Cavell's thought, Espen Dahl explains that Cavell, while often parting ways with Christianity, cannot dismiss it either. Focusing on Cavell's work as a whole, but especially on his recent engagement with Continental philosophy, Dahl brings out important themes in Cavell's philosophy and his conversation with theology. Zusammenfassung The American philosopher Stanley Cavell (b 1926) is a secular Jew by his own admission fascinated with Christ, yet his outlook on religion in general is ambiguous. Probing the secular and religious in Cavell's thought, this book explains that Cavell, while often parting ways with Christianity, continues to return to Christianity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. Modernism and Religion 2. The Ordinary Sublime 3. Acknowledging God 4. Skepticism, Finitude, and Sin 5. The Tragic Dimension of the Ordinary 6. The Other and Violence 7. Forgiveness and Passivity Conclusion: The Last Question: Self-redemption or Divine Redemption? Notes Bibliography Index
