Gazing Through a Prism Darkly

Gazing Through a Prism Darkly

Reflections on Merold Westphal's Hermeneutical Epistemology

  • Author: Putt, B. Keith
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • Serie: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
  • ISBN: 9780823230457
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780823237678
  • eISBN Epub: 9780823230471
  • Place of publication:  New York , United States
  • Year of publication: 2009
  • Year of digital publication: 2009
  • Month: August
  • Language: English

Merold Westphal has been in the foremost ranks of philosophers who proclaim a new postsecular philosophy. By articulating an epistemology sensitive to the realities of cognitive finitude and moral weakness, he defends a wisdom that begins in both humility and commitment, one that always confesses that human beings can encounter meaning and truth only as human beings, never as gods.

The present volume focuses on this wisdom of humility that characterizes Westphal's thought and explores how that wisdom, expressed through the redemptive dynamic of doubt, can contribute to developing a postsecular apologetic for faith.

This book can function both as an accessible introduction to Westphal for those who have not read him extensively and also as an informed critical appreciation and extension of his work for those who are more experienced readers.

  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • The Benefit of the Doubt: Merold Westphal’s Prophetic Philosophy of Religion
  • Despoiling the Egyptians—Gently: Merold Westphal and Hegel
  • Merold Westphal on the Sociopolitical Implications of Kierkegaard’s Thought
  • Levinas and Kierkegaard on Triadic Relations with God
  • Appropriating Westphal Appropriating Nietzsche: Merold Westphal as a Theological Resource
  • Remaining Faithful: Postmodern Claims, Christian Messages
  • The God Who Refuses to Appear on Philosophy’s Terms
  • What Is Merold Westphal’s Critique of Ontotheology Criticizing?
  • Transcendence in Tears
  • Between the Prophetic and the Sacramental
  • Taking the Wager of/on Love: Luce Irigaray and the Caress
  • The Joy of Being Indebted: A Concluding Response
  • Talking to Balaam’s Ass: A Concluding Conversation
  • Notes
  • List of Contributors
  • Index
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