A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross
The Cruciform Self
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Religious
| Author: | Brian Gregor | ISBN: | 9780253007049 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press | Publication: | March 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brian Gregor |
| ISBN: | 9780253007049 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
| Publication: | March 18, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Indiana University Press |
| Language: | English |
What does the cross, both as a historical event and a symbol of religious discourse, tell us about human beings? In this provocative book, Brian Gregor draws together a hermeneutics of the self—through Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Taylor—and a theology of the cross—through Luther, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, and Jüngel—to envision a phenomenology of the cruciform self. The result is a bold and original view of what philosophical anthropology could look like if it took the scandal of the cross seriously instead of reducing it into general philosophical concepts.
What does the cross, both as a historical event and a symbol of religious discourse, tell us about human beings? In this provocative book, Brian Gregor draws together a hermeneutics of the self—through Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Taylor—and a theology of the cross—through Luther, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, and Jüngel—to envision a phenomenology of the cruciform self. The result is a bold and original view of what philosophical anthropology could look like if it took the scandal of the cross seriously instead of reducing it into general philosophical concepts.
