Die rein rationale, ausschließlich mit philosophischen Argumenten als Erkenntnisquellen geführte Auseinandersetzung mit den beiden anderen monotheistischen Weltreligionen von Judentum und Islam erreicht in der Geschichte des Christentums ihren Höhepunkt im lateinisch sprachigen Mittelalter. Über die [...]
more informationenglischThis book stems from a few impressions and ensuing considerations triggered by reading the pages of the “œuvre” of the theologian Franz C. Overbeck (1837–1905). The pages are above all those of his “Kirchenlexicon”, an extensive collection of reflections gathered for the purpose of carrying [...]
more informationenglischImmanuel Kant as an interpreter of St Paul. Fichte as an interpreter of the Gospel of John. Hegel as a philosopher on the life of Jesus. This book shows how mysticism, scholasticism and Reformation theology, as well as Christian subject philosophy, Jewish panentheism and liberal [...]
more informationenglischAs a religion of revelation, Islam represents the belief in the absolute unity of God. But how do we theologically inquire about this? What do we do when we believe? What is the relationship between reason and faith? This study explores these and other questions and defines the standpoint of [...]
more informationenglischThe political dimension shapes its respective counterpart. It can polarise in the forms of friend–enemy, good–evil and peaceful–threatening, as well as emphatically as a platform for the mediation of knowing–acknowledging–recognition. In ‘recognising’, two people cancel out each other's [...]
more informationenglischThis volume of the falsafa. Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion, which – as usual – contains German and English contributions, is devoted to the thematic relationship between religion and politics. Both interdisciplinary and interreligious perspectives are addressed. In addition to [...]
more informationenglischBlaise Pascal is famous as an outstanding mathematician, excellent physicist, philosopher and apologist for Christianity. Incorruptible in his reasoning and with brilliant insights, Pascal tries to mobilise all man's powers of knowledge to explore his true situation. One result of his [...]
more informationenglischBlaise Pascal is famous as an outstanding mathematician, excellent physicist, philosopher and apologist for Christianity. Incorruptible in his reasoning and with brilliant insights, Pascal tries to mobilise all man's powers of knowledge to explore his true situation. One result of his [...]
more informationenglischThis volume of the falsafa. Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion, which – as usual – contains German and English contributions, is devoted to the thematic relationship between religion and politics. Both interdisciplinary and interreligious perspectives are addressed. In addition to [...]
more informationConcilium ist eine Zeitschrift für katholische und ökumenische theologische Reflexion. Sie wurde in der Folge des Zweiten Vatikanischen Konzils gegründet und hat das Ziel, dessen Vision der Offenheit im Blick auf neue kulturelle Kontexte und sich verändernde soziale und religiöse Bedingungen neu zu [...]
more informationenglischAnother work on Kierkegaard? Absolutely! How does the human being find a mature self? How is the self constituted despite despair and melancholy? In what philosophical tradition do both states stand and what structures do they exhibit? This monograph addresses these questions by analysing [...]
more informationenglischAnother work on Kierkegaard? Absolutely! How does the human being find a mature self? How is the self constituted despite despair and melancholy? In what philosophical tradition do both states stand and what structures do they exhibit? This monograph addresses these questions by analysing [...]
more informationenglischIs a society 'as if God existed' better? Combining a cybernetic problem analysis with Kołakowski's thought, this study first presents his diagnoses of the contemporary crisis as closely related to the crisis of the sacred. This conclusion is then generalised through an in-depth analysis of [...]
more informationenglischIs a society 'as if God existed' better? Combining a cybernetic problem analysis with Kołakowski's thought, this study first presents his diagnoses of the contemporary crisis as closely related to the crisis of the sacred. This conclusion is then generalised through an in-depth analysis of [...]
more informationenglischThe common topic of the nine essays in this book is the phenomenological dialogue involving Kant and his ‘invention of autonomy’. Is there any relevance left to the Kantian notion of autonomy after the intensive development of ethical and phenomenological thought, stressing the importance of [...]
more informationenglischThe common topic of the nine essays in this book is the phenomenological dialogue involving Kant and his ‘invention of autonomy’. Is there any relevance left to the Kantian notion of autonomy after the intensive development of ethical and phenomenological thought, stressing the importance of [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Soren Kierkegaard, despair is genuinely a matter of the human mind. Because man is mind, he despairs. This makes despair a key phenomenon from which the mental nature of man can be disclosed in its fundamental ambivalence. The anthology explores the importance of despair for a [...]
more informationenglischWhat is reality? What does it mean to be real? The questions today seem more topical and at the same time more complicated than ever before. The concept of reality as power, distinct from reality as the neutral given or as a mesh of available interpretations, opens up a new approach to the [...]
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englischWhat is reality? What does it mean to be real? The questions today seem more topical and at the same time more complicated than ever before. The concept of reality as power, distinct from reality as the neutral given or as a mesh of available interpretations, opens up a new approach to the [...]
more informationenglischAccording to Soren Kierkegaard, despair is genuinely a matter of the human mind. Because man is mind, he despairs. This makes despair a key phenomenon from which the mental nature of man can be disclosed in its fundamental ambivalence. The anthology explores the importance of despair for a [...]
more informationenglischMax Rohstock examines the metaphysics of the Neoplatonic tradition and J. G. Fichte. Firstly, he finds love to be the central principle on which the philosophy of Plotinus, Proclus, Dionysius, Eriugena, Cusanus and Fichte is based. Secondly, he demonstrates that the metaphysical speculations [...]
more informationenglischThis book presents a fresh critique and a groundbreaking interpretation of the "Clash of Civilizations" theory, which holds significant influence in global politics and media. The study delves into the concept's diagnostic limitations, focusing on two compelling case studies: the 2022 [...]
more informationenglischMax Rohstock examines the metaphysics of the Neoplatonic tradition and J. G. Fichte. Firstly, he finds love to be the central principle on which the philosophy of Plotinus, Proclus, Dionysius, Eriugena, Cusanus and Fichte is based. Secondly, he demonstrates that the metaphysical speculations [...]
more informationenglischThis book presents a fresh critique and a groundbreaking interpretation of the "Clash of Civilizations" theory, which holds significant influence in global politics and media. The study delves into the concept's diagnostic limitations, focusing on two compelling case studies: the 2022 [...]
more informationenglischThe doctrines of virtue elaborated by Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart, which used to be prominent in medieval Europe, are often disregarded today. This is unfortunate since the thoughts of these two theologians are highly illuminating for many discussions in virtue ethics today. This book [...]
more informationenglischTaking life as the occasion for meditation allows meditation itself to become pure life. Such practice is not bound to any theory but shows in an exemplary way that ultimately every action rests in an inner practice. This linguistic simplicity is intended to correspond to fundamental [...]
more informationenglischThe doctrines of virtue elaborated by Thomas Aquinas and Meister Eckhart, which used to be prominent in medieval Europe, are often disregarded today. This is unfortunate since the thoughts of these two theologians are highly illuminating for many discussions in virtue ethics today. This book [...]
more informationenglischMuḥyī d-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī and Meister Eckhart are among the leading mystics of the Middle Ages and, given their philosophical shaping of mysticism and their deviation from the prevailing theological tradition at that time, are among the thinkers most commented on in academic research. In the [...]
more informationenglischMuḥyī d-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī and Meister Eckhart are among the leading mystics of the Middle Ages and, given their philosophical shaping of mysticism and their deviation from the prevailing theological tradition at that time, are among the thinkers most commented on in academic research. In the [...]
more informationenglischTaking life as the occasion for meditation allows meditation itself to become pure life. Such practice is not bound to any theory but shows in an exemplary way that ultimately every action rests in an inner practice. This linguistic simplicity is intended to correspond to fundamental [...]
more informationenglischEven before Kant's proclamation of the primacy of practical reason, Anselm of Canterbury's discovery of the epistemic priority of moral value opened the door to philosophical avenues of exploration that are rarely followed consistently. This consistency manifests itself in the resolve to [...]
more informationenglischEven before Kant's proclamation of the primacy of practical reason, Anselm of Canterbury's discovery of the epistemic priority of moral value opened the door to philosophical avenues of exploration that are rarely followed consistently. This consistency manifests itself in the resolve to [...]
more informationenglischThe present edition of the Rosenzweig Yearbook is the result of a congress held in Coimbra in December 2021, which was attended by the world's most distinguished Rosenzweig interpreters. The congress was entitled "'We know nothing of God even now.' Transcendence and Revelation on the [...]
more informationenglischThe present edition of the Rosenzweig Yearbook is the result of a congress held in Coimbra in December 2021, which was attended by the world's most distinguished Rosenzweig interpreters. The congress was entitled "'We know nothing of God even now.' Transcendence and Revelation on the [...]
more informationenglischSummer 2020: The Catholic Church is shaken by the abuse scandal, the pandemic is disrupting society and refugees are looking for new support. In his story, Volkmar Mühleis mirrors these events across the ages. Could it also be called The Ship of Fools, after the late medieval text by [...]
more informationenglischThe contributions to this book provide historical systematic studies on the question of panentheism, which has been intensively discussed since the turn of the millennium. In contrast to focusing on restrictive or extensive use of the concept of panentheism, this work illuminates a middle [...]
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englischSummer 2020: The Catholic Church is shaken by the abuse scandal, the pandemic is disrupting society and refugees are looking for new support. In his story, Volkmar Mühleis mirrors these events across the ages. Could it also be called The Ship of Fools, after the late medieval text by [...]
more informationenglischThe contributions to this book provide historical systematic studies on the question of panentheism, which has been intensively discussed since the turn of the millennium. In contrast to focusing on restrictive or extensive use of the concept of panentheism, this work illuminates a middle [...]
more informationenglischThis volume offers interreligious and interdisciplinary insight into the cinematic-serial and literary narration of evil. Evil is an important motif in literature, film and series. We encounter it in the most diverse forms - be it the Joker from The Dark Knight, Goethe's Mephisto or in the [...]
more informationDer Band „Religionsphilosophie heute. Stimmen – Schauplätze – Systeme“ bietet einen Einblick in die vielfältigen Entwicklungen der zeitgenössischen Religionsphilosophie. Im Zentrum stehen neue Denkansätze – systematische Entwürfe ebenso wie Stellungnahmen zu aktuellen Herausforderungen –, die die [...]
more informationenglischThis volume offers interreligious and interdisciplinary insight into the cinematic-serial and literary narration of evil. Evil is an important motif in literature, film and series. We encounter it in the most diverse forms - be it the Joker from The Dark Knight, Goethe's Mephisto or in the [...]
more informationDer Band „Religionsphilosophie heute. Stimmen – Schauplätze – Systeme“ bietet einen Einblick in die vielfältigen Entwicklungen der zeitgenössischen Religionsphilosophie. Im Zentrum stehen neue Denkansätze – systematische Entwürfe ebenso wie Stellungnahmen zu aktuellen Herausforderungen –, die die [...]
more informationenglischWith his philosophy of transcendence, Karl Jaspers is considered one of the few great metaphysicians of the 20th century. This study is devoted to the roots of his transcendental thinking in the philosophy of Plotinus (c. 204–270). It demonstrates the constitutive role that reference to the [...]
more informationenglischWith his philosophy of transcendence, Karl Jaspers is considered one of the few great metaphysicians of the 20th century. This study is devoted to the roots of his transcendental thinking in the philosophy of Plotinus (c. 204–270). It demonstrates the constitutive role that reference to the [...]
more informationenglischDespite the crisis in institutionalised religion, religious questions are occupying philosophical reflection more than ever. This volume compiles different approaches to the philosophy of religion, which at the same time deal with current topics in an exemplary manner. Important approaches [...]
more informationenglischDespite the crisis in institutionalised religion, religious questions are occupying philosophical reflection more than ever. This volume compiles different approaches to the philosophy of religion, which at the same time deal with current topics in an exemplary manner. Important approaches [...]
more informationenglischThis monograph reveals basic structural parallels between the ideas of a good life in both Kierkegaard and Camus. Both authors share a range of metaphors on and concepts of experience of the negative, and both conceptualise a good life as not-fleeing, but without a positive concept. The [...]
more informationenglischThis volume deals with the question of the body and corporeality in an interdisciplinary way. The classical positions of philosophy and theology have treated the question of the human body merely marginally. In this volume, this circumstance is firstly reflected on thematically and [...]
more informationenglischThe widespread discomfort with modernity has awakened a renewed interest in ‘spirituality’, i.e. in the intellectual and emotional deepening of existence. Mainstream modern philosophy, as an exponent of a disenchanted world view, has remained quite untouched by this development. Based on [...]
more informationenglischThis volume deals with the question of the body and corporeality in an interdisciplinary way. The classical positions of philosophy and theology have treated the question of the human body merely marginally. In this volume, this circumstance is firstly reflected on thematically and [...]
more informationenglischThe widespread discomfort with modernity has awakened a renewed interest in ‘spirituality’, i.e. in the intellectual and emotional deepening of existence. Mainstream modern philosophy, as an exponent of a disenchanted world view, has remained quite untouched by this development. Based on [...]
more informationenglischThis monograph reveals basic structural parallels between the ideas of a good life in both Kierkegaard and Camus. Both authors share a range of metaphors on and concepts of experience of the negative, and both conceptualise a good life as not-fleeing, but without a positive concept. The [...]
more information"Wilhelm Goerdts »Russische Philosophie« ist in der Tat eine erstaunliche, materialreiche und überaus informative Studie, die von gründlichen Recherchen und Analysen zeugt und den Autor als exzellenten Kenner osteuropäischer Geistesgeschichte ausweist. Zweifellos ist sein Werk ein wichtiger [...]
more informationenglischTo understand mysticism as pure desire is to grasp its criteriological character as the suspension of any fulfilment - including "God" - by an object. It is thus desire as immanently living self-desire, whereby not only the tradition of negative theology since the early days of Christianity [...]
more informationenglisch200 years ago, the first edition of "Theodor oder des Zweiflers Weihe" (“Theodore Or The Sceptics Conversion”) by W.M. L. de Wette was published, which is still considered one of the most important theological novels of its time. On the occasion of the ne edition of de Wettes didactic [...]
more informationenglischTo understand mysticism as pure desire is to grasp its criteriological character as the suspension of any fulfilment - including "God" - by an object. It is thus desire as immanently living self-desire, whereby not only the tradition of negative theology since the early days of Christianity [...]
more informationenglisch200 years ago, the first edition of "Theodor oder des Zweiflers Weihe" (“Theodore Or The Sceptics Conversion”) by W.M. L. de Wette was published, which is still considered one of the most important theological novels of its time. On the occasion of the ne edition of de Wettes didactic [...]
more informationenglischThe biblical book of Job is part of the traditional literature of antiquity but is also read as fictional literature in modern times. The figure of Job carries the prayer cry ‘Where is the Father?’ in his name. The story of Job and his passionate dialogues with friends revolve around the [...]
more informationenglischThe importance of Husserl’s phenomenology for philosophy and science remains undisputed. The undoubtedly far-reaching and profound history of impact is due to he fact that the potential of phenomenological reflektion was not exhausted with Husserl’s transcendental philosophising. This is [...]
more informationenglischEver since Kant's Dreams of a Spirit Seer, encounters with the deceased have been discredited by philosophy. It is not without irony that a follower and confidant of Kant, Gottlob Benjamin Jäsche, had such an experience with his deceased wife Sally. It made a deep and lasting impression on [...]
more informationenglischEver since Kant's Dreams of a Spirit Seer, encounters with the deceased have been discredited by philosophy. It is not without irony that a follower and confidant of Kant, Gottlob Benjamin Jäsche, had such an experience with his deceased wife Sally. It made a deep and lasting impression on [...]
more informationenglischThe biblical book of Job is part of the traditional literature of antiquity but is also read as fictional literature in modern times. The figure of Job carries the prayer cry ‘Where is the Father?’ in his name. The story of Job and his passionate dialogues with friends revolve around the [...]
more informationenglischThe importance of Husserl’s phenomenology for philosophy and science remains undisputed. The undoubtedly far-reaching and profound history of impact is due to he fact that the potential of phenomenological reflektion was not exhausted with Husserl’s transcendental philosophising. This is [...]
more informationenglischMay freedom be regarded as an ontological concept, namely as the metaphysical ‘ground’, which has such a long tradition? There is no lack of attempts in contemporary research to update Schelling's philosophy in various ways. However, the aim of this volume is to show how Schelling himself [...]
more informationenglischThis book aims at developing a differential understanding of the figure of the earth (Kūn) in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) in critical contrast to the traditional interpretation of this sign. Its approach to Kūn is facilitated by a transversal reading, i.e. comparative use of [...]
more informationenglischThis book aims at developing a differential understanding of the figure of the earth (Kūn) in the Yi Jing (Book of Changes) in critical contrast to the traditional interpretation of this sign. Its approach to Kūn is facilitated by a transversal reading, i.e. comparative use of [...]
more informationenglischMay freedom be regarded as an ontological concept, namely as the metaphysical ‘ground’, which has such a long tradition? There is no lack of attempts in contemporary research to update Schelling's philosophy in various ways. However, the aim of this volume is to show how Schelling himself [...]
more informationenglischUnder the title ‘Access to Storyworlds’, Jan Schapp summarises a series of lectures. An interpretation of Wilhelm Schapp's philosophy of stories in the year 2004 is the starting point which shows the influence of antiquity, Christianity and the Enlightenment on the modern age. With regard to [...]
more informationenglischPurposes and goals are decisive determinants of human actions. As such, they have always been the subject of philosophy. Aristotle asked for the final goal of life, Kant for the final goal of morality and Hegel for the final goal of history. In these metaphysical concepts of goal and purpose [...]
more informationenglischUnder the title ‘Access to Storyworlds’, Jan Schapp summarises a series of lectures. An interpretation of Wilhelm Schapp's philosophy of stories in the year 2004 is the starting point which shows the influence of antiquity, Christianity and the Enlightenment on the modern age. With regard to [...]
more informationenglischPurposes and goals are decisive determinants of human actions. As such, they have always been the subject of philosophy. Aristotle asked for the final goal of life, Kant for the final goal of morality and Hegel for the final goal of history. In these metaphysical concepts of goal and purpose [...]
more informationenglischThis volume of the falsafa. Jahrbuch für islamische Religionsphilosophie (Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion), which – as usual – contains German and English contributions, is dedicated to the thematic relationship world – environment – co-world. The main focus is on perspectives [...]
more informationenglischThis volume of the falsafa. Jahrbuch für islamische Religionsphilosophie (Yearbook for Islamic Philosophy of Religion), which – as usual – contains German and English contributions, is dedicated to the thematic relationship world – environment – co-world. The main focus is on perspectives [...]
more informationPhilosophische Anthropologie meint in dieser Studie nicht eine philosophische Subdisziplin, sondern eine besondere Theorierichtung in der deutschsprachigen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts, die mit den Namen Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, Erich Rothacker, Arnold Gehlen, Adolf Portmann u. v. a. mehr [...]
more informationPhilosophische Anthropologie meint in dieser Studie nicht eine philosophische Subdisziplin, sondern eine besondere Theorierichtung in der deutschsprachigen Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts, die mit den Namen Max Scheler, Helmuth Plessner, Erich Rothacker, Arnold Gehlen, Adolf Portmann u. v. a. mehr [...]
more informationenglischThis introduction gives a detailed insight into Islamic ethics. The focus is on the human being as a free being. On the one hand, it is about his essential rights and duties in this world and, on the other hand, about his spiritual self-determination and ideals of existence in the hereafter. [...]
more informationenglischThis introduction gives a detailed insight into Islamic ethics. The focus is on the human being as a free being. On the one hand, it is about his essential rights and duties in this world and, on the other hand, about his spiritual self-determination and ideals of existence in the hereafter. [...]
more informationenglischOur duty against ourselves is to live in such a way that a certain part of ourselves can agree to the life we live. This part of ourselves is our imagined future self. We owe to ourselves to protect our future self’s freedom from corruptions. This is possible if the very social dynamics [...]
more informationenglischOur duty against ourselves is to live in such a way that a certain part of ourselves can agree to the life we live. This part of ourselves is our imagined future self. We owe to ourselves to protect our future self’s freedom from corruptions. This is possible if the very social dynamics [...]
more informationHaben sich Philosophie und Theologie einander etwas zu sagen? Die in dem vorliegenden Band zusammengestellten Schriften von Klaus Hemmerle (1929-1994) bejahen diese Frage und entwickeln einen Denkansatz, der verschiedene Themen – u.a. das Heilige und das Denken, Wahrheit und Zeugnis, das Thema der [...]
more informationJean-Claude Wolf legt mit diesem Essay über Gebet und Poesie in den Psalmen keine Abhandlung, sondern einen Gesprächsanfang vor. Warum gerade ein Essay über die Psalmen? Wurden diese nicht schon ausführlich gelehrt und bis zum Überdruss erbaulich kommentiert? Eine philosophische Antwort auf diese [...]
more informationDiese Untersuchung vergleicht das in ihr ausgedrückte Verständnis von Würde und Freiheit mit der christlichen und kantischen Konzeption dieser fundamentalen Werte. So wird deutlich, worin ihr innovativer Charakter besteht und wie sehr diese Erklärung die ersten beiden Artikel des Grundgesetzes der [...]
more informationIn diesem Buch soll der Religionsbegriff von Bernhard Uhde als Arbeitsdefinition für eine vergleichende religiöse Geistesgeschichte kritisch reflektiert werden. Religion, so Uhde, entwickele aus der Einsicht in die Vergänglichkeit ein Wissen um die Voraussetzung einer verborgenen, unvergänglichen [...]
more informationDie zweisprachige wissenschaftliche Fachzeitschrift enthält ausschließlich Originalbeiträge und ist prinzipiell für alle Richtungen der Religionsphilosophie und der philosophischen Theologie offen. Mit Erscheinen des Bandes 18 wird das Jahrbuch eingestellt.
more informationDie Demut wird gegenwärtig entweder als ein verstaubtes Erbe des Christentums wahrgenommen oder vermehrt als ein säkulares „Modewort“ verstanden, das als mahnender Aufruf für die Rückgewinnung eines verlorenen Maßes zum Einsatz kommt. Jonas Puchta unternimmt den Versuch, unter Berücksichtigung der [...]
more informationIm Mittelpunkt dieser Studien steht der philosophische Begriff der Begegnung, der auf die Erfahrung zurückgeht, dass sich das eigene Selbstsein einem Beitrag von außen verdankt. Auch hundert Jahre nach der mit Bubers Ich und Du zu markierenden Entstehung der Dialogik ist ›Begegnung‹ ein in der [...]
more informationReligionen sind ästhetisch vermittelt. Nicht nur die religiöse Praxis, sondern der religiöse Habitus überhaupt vollzieht sich in ästhetischen Akten. In diesem Band wird dem komplexen Feld der ästhetischen Inszenierung des Religiösen multidisziplinär Rechnung getragen, und zwar mit besonderem [...]
more informationDer Band untersucht die drei Grundbegriffe von Gebet, Praxis, Erlösung – so ist das Gebet selbst eine Praxis, eine Handlung. Genauer genommen ist es eine auf Erlösung gerichtete Praxis, die von Liebe, Uneigennützigkeit und Großzügigkeit getragen ist. Meistens findet das Gebet in persönlichen [...]
more informationWarum sagen wir: „Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar“ (Art.1 GG)? Warum bezeichnen wir eine Person als „camera obscura” (Descartes) oder als “abgeschottet” (Taylor)? Dem Autor geht es um die konzeptionelle Neu-Erschließung des „inneren Menschen“, den Platon in der Politeia einführt. Durch die [...]
more informationDer Mensch als „homo viator“ ist ein Topos, der sich in der Literatur und Philosophie, aber auch in diversen religiösen Traditionen unterschiedlicher Epochen finden lässt. Der vorliegende Sammelband konzentriert sich auf die Thematisierung dieses Bildes vom Menschen, der auf dem Wege ist, durch das [...]
more informationIm Kontext des Themas „Nachmetaphysisches Denken und Religion“ hat Jürgen Habermas auch der kantischen Religionsphilosophie wiederholt besondere Aufmerksamkeit gewidmet und darin geradezu eine „Wegscheide nachmetaphysischen Denkens“ erkannt. Seine Interpretation und Kritik der Kantischen [...]
more informationDie Bhagavadgītā avancierte über die letzten 200 Jahre zum wichtigsten Text des hinduistischen Kanons. Dabei wurde der philosophische Inhalt immer wieder politisiert, instrumentalisiert und teils gegensätzlich ausgelegt. Die vorliegende Arbeit erforscht ausführlich die Rezeptionsgeschichte des [...]
more informationIn dieser Analyse, die das Denken von Meister Eckhart und Michel Henry berücksichtigt, wird Gott als originäre Lebenswirklichkeit verstanden. Radikal phänomenologisch bedeutet dies die Selbsthervorbringung des ur-anfänglichen Lebens in einer „Sohnschaft“, welche die Empfängnis des absoluten Lebens [...]
more informationZwei Philosophen und Mystiker, die wesentlich zur Ausarbeitung der Theologie und Mystik des Sufismus beigetragen haben, sind Abū Alī al-Husain ibn Abdullāh ibn Sīnā (980–1037), genannt Avicenna, und Ṣadr ad-Dīn ašŠīrāzī, bekannt als Mullā Ṣadrā (1572–1640). Letzterer entwickelt sein theologisches [...]
more informationOtto A. Böhmer erzählt von Leben und Werk des Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855), der, wie Ernst Bloch einmal anmerkte, einer „der größten Witzemacher im hohen Stil war, die es gegeben hat“. Wer sich heute, aus welchen Gründen auch immer, nicht mehr auf Kierkegaards christliche Grundüberzeugung einlassen [...]
more informationDiskutiert werden u.a. Argumente aus den philosophisch unterschiedlich fundierten Theodizeekonzeptionen von Leibniz und Kant sowie zur Willensfreiheit im Kontext der analytischen Religionsphilosophie. Aus ihnen wird die logische Lösbarkeit des Theodizeeproblems ersichtlich. Außerdem nimmt Koreck [...]
more informationWer dem religiösen Denken im Islam gerecht werden will, muss sich auf verflochtene Wege und Umwege der Denktraditionen begeben, dialogisch, kontrovers und dekonstruktiv. Denn der Islam zeigt sich als eine Verflechtung der Religion und Philosophie, des Glaubens und Denkens, des Monotheismus und [...]
more informationZeichnet die Rede vom »Sohn Gottes« nur ein Bild oder hat sie einen vernünftigen Sinn? Ratzinger und Pannenberg verfolgen in dieser Frage die gleiche Intuition. Der Titel »Sohn Gottes« ist Ausdruck einer Erkenntnis, die durch das Osterereignis angestoßen wurde. Die Gottheit Gottes steht auf dem [...]
more informationDie dritte Ausgabe der Publikation falsafa. Jahrbuch für islamische Religionsphilosophie widmet sich in besonderer Weise dem Themenverhältnis Religion und Aufklärung. Dabei wird nicht nur das Verhältnis zwischen Islam und Aufklärung in den Blick genommen, sondern auch die Frage der Aufklärung und [...]
more information"Goerdts ungemein materialreiches, instruktives Werk ist ein wichtiger Forschungsbeitrag zu einem kaum erschlossenen Gebiet. Vorgeführt werden die unerschöpften Möglichkeiten eines (zugleich in Literatur und Publizistik wirksamen) Denkens, das sich in der Moderne zwischen christlicher Spiritualität [...]
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