Postmodernity's transcending
Subtitle: devaluing God
By: Laurence Paul Hemming.
Series: Faith in reason
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Notre Dame, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Postmodernism; Theology; God -- History of doctrines -- 20th century
Description: "This book in one way undertakes a history of the concept of the aesthetic sublime: in another it is an exploration of the limits of theological thinking, where theology is understood either as a practice arising from faith or from thinking. By examining concepts like soul, experience, analogy and truth, the author issues a provocative challenge to much contemporary Christian theology to return to a more serious engagement with philosophy. Hemming explores the confrontation with God and the gods to be found in Protagoras, Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Derrida, often offering innovative readings of these thinkers sharply at odds with accounts to be found elsewhere."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.