Phenomenology of Religious Life

Informationen zum Autor Matthias Fritsch is Associate Professor and Department Chair in Philosophy at Concordia University. He is author of The Promise Memory: History and Politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. She is author of The Ecstatic Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature. Klappentext The Phenomenology of Religious Life presents the text of Heidegger'simportant 1920--21 lectures on religion. The volume consists of the famous lecturecourse Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, a course on Augustine andNeoplatonism, and notes for a course on The Philosophical Foundations of MedievalMysticism that was never delivered. Heidegger's engagements with Aristotle, St.Paul, Augustine, and Luther give readers a sense of what phenomenology would come tomean in the mature expression of his thought. Heidegger reveals an impressivedisplay of theological knowledge, protecting Christian life experience from Greekphilosophy and defending Paul against Nietzsche. Zusammenfassung Heidegger's engagement with religion Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.INTRODUCTION TO THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION 2.AUGUSTINE AND NEO-PLATONISM 3.THE PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MEDIEVAL MYSTICISM

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• Authors: Martin Heidegger, Heidegger Martin
• Assisted by: Translated by Matthias Fritsch and Jenni (Editor), Matthias Fritsch (Translation), Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei (Translation), Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei (Translation), Martin Heidegger (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2010
• EAN: 9780253221896
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22189-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Continental Thought; Studies in Continental Thought; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works