The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal NihilismWhat could it mean to be religious in a world where religion no longer retains its former authority? Posing this question for his fellow Western intellectuals who inhabit just such a world, James C. Edwards investigates the loss of religion's traditional power in a culture characterized by what he calls "normal nihilism"--a situation in which one's commitment to a particular set of values is all one really has, and in which traditional religion is only a means of interpretation used to preserve what one most cares about. Recognizing the important historical role of religion in making us the people we are, he seeks to establish a viable understanding of religion without traditional beliefs and within the context of contemporary skepticism. The Plain Sense of Things is a book more interested in the power of religion that in its truth and in what happens to that power when the claims to truth slacken their grip. |
Contents
KIERKEGAARD AND THE TRUTH OF SUBJECTIVITY | 59 |
HEIDEGGER AND THE OVERCOMING OF SUBJECTIVITY | 111 |
POETIC DWELLING ON THE EARTH AS A MORTAL | 151 |
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Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism James C. Edwards Limited preview - 2010 |
The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism James C. Edwards No preview available - 1997 |