A companion to Heidegger's phenomenology of religious life / / edited by S.J. McGrath and Andrzej Wiercinski.

• Superior document: Elementa
• TeilnehmendeR: McGrath, S. J.; Wiercinski, Andrzej.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Elementa (Rodopi (Firm))
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In the academic year 1920-1921 at the University of Freiburg, Martin Heidegger gave a series of extraordinary lectures on the phenomenological significance of the religious thought of St. Paul and St. Augustine. The publication of these lectures in 1995 settled a long disputed question, the decisive role played by Christian theology in the development of Heidegger’s philosophy. The lectures present a special challenge to readers of Heidegger and theology alike. Experimenting with language and drawing upon a wide range of now obscure authors, Heidegger is finding his way to Being and Time through the labyrinth of his Catholic past and his increasing fascination with Protestant theology. A Companion to Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religious Life is written by an international team of Heidegger specialists.

Table of Contents

1. The historical contexts of Heidegger's 1920-21 religion courses -- 2. Phenomenological method in the early Heidegger -- 3. Reading Heidegger on Paul, Augustine, and Christian mysticism.