Book description
The Phenomenology of Religious Life presents the text of Heidegger's
important 1920-21 lectures on religion. The volume consists of the
famous lecture course Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion, a
course on Augustine and Neoplatonism, and notes for a course on The
Philosophical Foundations of Medieval Mysticism that was never
delivered. Heidegger's engagements with Aristotle, St. Paul,
Augustine, and Luther give readers a sense of what phenomenology would
come to mean in the mature expression of his thought. Heidegger
reveals an impressive display of theological knowledge, protecting
Christian life experience from Greek philosophy and defending Paul
against Nietzsche.
"Scrupulously prepared and eminently readable. What Heidegger
undertakes here is nothing less than a phenomenological destruction of
the history of religion. -Choice" -
Matthias Fritsch is Associate Professor and Department Chair in
Philosophy at Concordia University. He is author of The Promise
Memory: History and Politics in Marx, Benjamin, and Derrida.
Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei is Associate Professor of
Philosophy at Fordham University. She is author of The Ecstatic
Quotidian: Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature.
