Postmodernity's Transcending: Devaluing God (Faith in Reason) - Softcover

Hemming, Laurence Paul

9780334029922: Postmodernity's Transcending: Devaluing God (Faith in Reason)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0334029929 ISBN 13: 9780334029922

Publisher: SCM Press, 2005

Postmodernity's Transcending: Devaluing God 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.

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About the Author:

Laurence Paul Hemming is Dean of Research for Heythrop College, University of London.

Review:

“Hemming's prose is a genuine effort to rethink the nature of religious experience in the modern West.” —Journal of Religion

“This book is thematically rich and philosophically erudite with intricate discussions of themes and authors.” —Theological Studies

“Hemming’s work undertakes on the one hand a history of the concept of the sublime, and on the other, it explores the limits of theological thinking, where theology is understood either as a practice arising from faith or from thinking alone. By examining concepts like soul, experience, analogy, and truth, Hemming provokes contemporary Christian theology to a more serious engagement with philosophy.” — Theology Digest

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