Verhoef and others published transcendence and anatheism find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. These questions are all addressed in kearneys books, especially anatheism. Pdf anatheisman incentive to discover the importance of. This book proposes a way to think and speak about god in and through our contemporary, secular society, bridging the theistatheist divide by considering the. Abrahams heartless banishment of hagar and ishmael is totally at odds with his hospitable reaction to the arrival of the alien nomads from nowhere.
This third option, this wager of faith beyond faith, i call anatheism. Capable of the most cruel acts, abraham is also capable of welcoming potentially threatening strangers into his home with open. Clearing space january 5, 2010 by dave mesing this is the first post of four that considers richard kearney s new book anatheism. Critical studies in religion, politics and culture series and engages aspects of phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism and political considerations to respond to a pressing, recurring question. Chatting up anatheism in search of authentic and credible. The ambition of anatheism is to disclose a site where the freedom of our will is rooted in a listening to a word of which one is neither source nor master p.
By analyzing the roots of our own anatheistic moment, kearney shows not only how a return to god is possible for those who seek it but also how a more liberating faith can be born. The art of anatheism reframing continental philosophy of religion. Anatheism refers to an inaugural event that lies at the heart of every great religion, a wager between hospitality and hostility to the stranger, the otherthe sense of something more. By analyzing the roots of our own anatheistic moment, kearney shows not only how a return to god is possible for those who seek it but also how a more.
Distinguished philosopher richard kearney calls this condition anatheos, or god after goda moment of creative not knowing that signifies a break with former. This is a road map for those who have moved intellectually away. Anatheism refers to an inaugural event that lies at the heart of every great religion, a wager between hospitality and hostility to the stranger, the other the sense of something more. Cd o o o o o o o ct3 o o o o o o o o o o o o cd o o o o o o o o o o o o. In anatheism, richard kearney sets a path of returning to god after god. I will say a word about each in turn, though strictly speaking they do not constitute five sequential moments. Pdf what prevents a modern man, living in a more or less secularized world, from finding new and lifegiving answers to his spiritual inquiries. The title of this study already suggest that it is necessary or at least possible, but that this concept is not without critique critique of richard kearneys anatheism.
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