Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Buber and Barth
by James Brown
Category: Religion

Four major approaches to existentialism. Four famous existentialist philosophers--Soren Kierkegaard, Martin Heidegger, Martin Buber, and Karl Barth--are studied in this book from the standpoint of an issue that lies at the very heart of the existentialist way of understanding the world: the relationship between subjective thinking and objective thinking. The author surveys the different approaches of these four men to the issue, and evaluates their contributions to modern philosophy and theology. The book provides for reader and student not only an encounter with some of the most disturbing problems of reason and faith, but also an insight into the thought of four of the most influential thinkers of the modern era.