Non-Metaphysical Theology After Heidegger - 9781137584793

Using Martin HeideggerÆs later philosophy as his springboard, Peter S. Dillard provides a radical reorientation of contemporary Christian theology. From HeideggerÆs initially obscure texts concerning the holy, the gods, and the last god, Dillard extracts two possible non-metaphysical theologies: a theology of Streit and a theology of Gelassenheit. Both theologies promise to avoid metaphysical antinomies that traditionally hinder theology. After describing the strengths and weaknesses of each non-metaphysical theology, Dillard develops a Gelassenheit theology that ascribes a definite phenomenology to the human encounter with divinity. This Gelassenheit theology also explains how this divinity can guide human action in concrete situations, remain deeply consonant with Christian beliefs in the Incarnation and the Trinity, and shed light on the Eucharist and Religious Vocations. Seminal ideas from Rudolf Otto and Ludwig Wittgenstein are applied at key points. Dillard concludes by encouraging others to develop an opposing Streit theology within the non-metaphysical, Heidegerrian framework he presents.

• | Author: Peter S. Dillard
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 195 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Philosophy
• | ISBN-10: 1137584793
• | ISBN-13: 9781137584793