ABSTRACT

Religion and European Philosophy: Key Thinkers from Kant to Žižek draws together a diverse group of scholars in theology, religious studies, and philosophy to discuss the role that religion plays among key figures in the European philosophical tradition. Designed for accessibility, each of the thirty-four chapters includes background information on the key thinker, an overview of the main themes, concepts, and concerns that occupy his or her attention, and a discussion of the religious and theological elements present in his or her thought, in light of contemporary issues. Given the scope of the volume, Religion and European Philosophy will be the go-to guide for understanding the religious and theological dimensions of European philosophy, for both students and established researchers alike.

chapter |13 pages

Religion and European Philosophy

A brief introduction

part I|70 pages

German idealism

part II|71 pages

Critical theory

chapter 6|14 pages

Karl Marx (1818–1883)

chapter 7|14 pages

Ernst Bloch (1885–1977)

chapter 10|15 pages

Jürgen Habermas (1929–)

part III|78 pages

Living experience

chapter 11|14 pages

Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855)

chapter 14|11 pages

Henri Bergson (1859–1941)

chapter 15|15 pages

Simone Weil (1909–1943)

chapter 16|13 pages

Georges Bataille (1897–1962)

part IV|104 pages

Phenomenology and hermeneutics

chapter 17|17 pages

Edmund Husserl (1859–1938)

chapter 18|12 pages

Martin Heidegger (1889–1976)

chapter 19|12 pages

Emmanuel Levinas (1906–1995)

chapter 20|16 pages

Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002)

chapter 21|13 pages

Paul Ricoeur (1913–2005)

chapter 22|17 pages

Michel Henry (1922–2002)

chapter 23|15 pages

Jean-Luc Marion (1946–)

part V|153 pages

Structuralism, post-structuralism, and beyond

chapter 24|14 pages

Jacques Lacan (1901–1981)

chapter 25|15 pages

Michel Foucault (1926–1984)

chapter 26|13 pages

Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995)

chapter 27|13 pages

Jacques Derrida (1930–2004)

chapter 28|12 pages

Jean-Luc Nancy (1940–)

chapter 29|15 pages

Julia Kristeva (1941–)

chapter 30|15 pages

Luce Irigaray (1930–)

chapter 31|14 pages

Alain Badiou (1937–)

chapter 32|13 pages

Giorgio Agamben (1942–)

chapter 33|14 pages

François Laruelle (1937–)

chapter 34|13 pages

Slavoj Žižek (1949–)