American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly review of Heidegger's Eschatology (Gregory Floyd) (original) (raw)

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This review examines Judith Wolfe's analysis of Martin Heidegger's early work relating to eschatology and its implications for understanding the development of his philosophy in conjunction with Christian thought. Wolfe argues that Heidegger's conception of eschatology evolves as a functional concept that informs present experience while navigating his complex background, particularly his transition from Catholicism to Lutheranism. The review highlights Wolfe's exploration of Heidegger's religious motivations and the intertwining of his philosophical trajectory with significant theological themes, ultimately contributing to an understanding of both Heidegger’s legacy and the dialogue between philosophy and theology.

Heidegger and Theology

2014

Martin Heidegger is the 20th century theology philosopher with the greatest importance to theology. A cradle Catholic originally intended for the priesthood, Heidegger's studies in philosophy led him to turn first to Protestantism and then to an atheistic philosophical method. Nevertheless, his writings remained deeply indebted to theological themes and sources, and the question of the nature of his relationship with theology has been a subject of discussion ever since. This book offers theologians and philosophers alike a clear account of the directions and the potential of this debate. It explains Heidegger's key ideas, describes their development and analyses the role of theology in his major writings, including his lectures during the Nazi era. It reviews the reception of Heidegger's thought both by theologians in his own day (particularly in Barth and his school as well as neo-Scholasticism) and more recently, suggesting throughout directions for theology's possible future engagement with Heidegger's work.

Phenomenology and Theology: Situating Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion

Sophia, 2011

This essay considers the philosophical and theological significance of the phenomenological analysis of Christian faith offered by the early Heidegger. It shows, first, that Heidegger poses a radical and controversial challenge to philosophers by calling them to do without God in an unfettered pursuit of the question of being (through his ‘destruction of onto-theology’); and, second, that this exclusion nonetheless leaves room for a form of philosophical reflection upon the nature of faith and discourse concerning God, namely for a philosophy of religion in a phenomenological mode (as exemplified most clearly in Heidegger’s 1920/21 lectures on the phenomenology of religious life). However, it is argued that the theological roots of Heidegger’s own phenomenological analyses subvert his frequently asserted claim concerning the incompatibility of Christian faith and philosophical inquiry.

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Heidegger and Theology after the Black Notebooks

‘Introduction: Heidegger and Theology after the Black Notebooks’, in Mårten Björk and Jayne Svenungsson (eds), Heidegger’s Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology, New York: Palgrave, 1–22, 2017