God-- beyond me : : from the I's absolute ground in Holderlin and Schelling to a contemporary model of a personal God / / by Cia van Woezik.

• Superior document: Critical studies in German idealism, 1
• Author: Woezik, Cia van.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Critical studies in German idealism ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

German idealism has attempted to think an absolute ground to self-conscious I-hood. As a result it has been theologically disqualified as pantheistic or even atheistic since many maintain that such a ground cannot be reconciled with a personal God. In the early writings of Friedrich Schelling (1775-1854), it is clear that he and his contemporaries were aware of this difficulty. His Tübinger fellow student, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843), was convinced of the ultimate inadequacy of any philosophical system to grasp the unitary ground of all that is and turned to poetry. The metaphysical insights expressed in his poetry have been largely neglected in both philosophical and theological scholarship. Drawing on the 20th century metaphysics of Dieter Henrich and Karl Rahner, this book elaborates on Hölderlin's poetry. This results in a novel concept of God as both unitary and personal ground of I-hood.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / C. Van Woezik -- Introduction / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter One. I-Hood / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Two. From The I To The Absolute / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Three. Schelling: The I And Its Ground / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Four. Hölderlin: The I And Its Ground / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Five. Intellectual Intuition And Metaphysics / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Six. The Absolute Ground Versus God / C. Van Woezik -- Chapter Seven. God – Beyond Me / C. Van Woezik -- Appendix A. Wie Wenn Am Feiertage (1799) / C. Van Woezik -- Appendix B. Natur Und Kunst (1801) / C. Van Woezik -- Appendix C. Friedensfeier (1802) / C. Van Woezik -- Bibliography / C. Van Woezik -- Index / C. Van Woezik.