ABSTRACT

This original study, published initially in 1959, introduces students of philosophy and of theology to a treatment of religion based upon the methods of modern philosophy – particularly logical empiricism and existentialism.

Above and beyond the importance of its point of view, this book is distinguished by its clarity and by its objective and understanding presentation of diverse points of view.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

Analysis and Language

part 1|150 pages

Modern Man Is Homo Loquens, Homo Convictus

chapter 1 1|46 pages

Conviction

Man-Who-Speaks is Overcome by a Convictor

chapter 1 2|27 pages

Power

Man-Who-Speaks Establishes His Existence

chapter 1 3|24 pages

World Views

Man-Who-Speaks Establishes His Existence in Drafting World Views

chapter 1 4|51 pages

Metaphysics

Man-Who-Speaks Is Inclined to Draft Closed Systems

part 2|72 pages

The Background of Modern Man's Language Structures

chapter 2 5|28 pages

Myth

Primitive and Ancient Man Lived by Means of a Mythical Establishment

chapter 2 6|42 pages

Cosmos

Enlightened Man Establishes His Existence by Means of the Greek Cosmos Conviction

part 3|64 pages

Language Structures Which Assist Modern Man in Establishing His Existence

chapter 3 7|37 pages

Morals

Moral Language Enables an Establishment in View of Goods and Highest Goods

chapter 3 8|25 pages

The Church

Modern Christians Establish Their Existence with the Help of Several Church Languages