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Since Heidegger, it has become something of an unquestioned
presupposition to analyse selfhood from the perspective of
being-in-the-world. In the book, DeLay sets out a view of existence
instead emphasizing humanity's ineluctable experience before-God.
Surmounting received divisions between philosophy and theology, the
work's eight chapters explore our relation to God and others,
tracing a path instituted in antiquity and latent still in certain
strands of contemporary phenomenology. After two introductory
explorations of the ancient conception of philosophy as a way of
life undermining the modern notion of philosophy as
methodologically atheist, the third chapter examines our relation
to others through an assessment of how, paradoxically, we are
together in the world yet ever alone. The theme of
being-with-others is deepened with an analysis of forgiveness in
its various forms. The theme is continued in the next chapter's
discussion of peace, which is seen to prove so elusive because of
the omnipresence of evil in the world, a fact which itself is
explored in connection to the varieties of silence we encounter
throughout our daily lives. Utilizing these results from the
preceding chapters on forgiveness, peace, and silence, the final
chapters inquire into perennial questions as doubt, deception, and
hope. Drawing together the previous results, the conclusion
underscores the view of man that has theretofore emerged: we are
open to a God who in Jesus Christ calls each of us back to
ourselves.
In a series of analyses dealing with issues of basic human concern
such as love, hope, joy, beauty, desire, suffering, evil, and
death, Steven DeLay articulates an existence of faith in Christ.
With attention to the Bible and works of art (Caravaggio, Dore,
Pissarro, Poussin, Rembrandt, and Rodin), DeLay explores the depths
of the human experience, offering a descriptive account of our
personal encounter with God. A contribution to the longstanding
tradition of edifying Christian works, In the Spirit extols the
glory of being human in light of God's word.
Since Heidegger, it has become something of an unquestioned
presupposition to analyse the structure and essence of selfhood
from the perspective of being-in-the-world. However, in this
original work, Steven DeLay, using a wide breadth of philosophical
sources, articulates a view of selfhood which emphasizes humanity's
ineluctable experience before-God. The work presents an original
view of the relationship between philosophy and theology, namely
that there is no distinction between the two.
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Anomie (Paperback)
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