
Heidegger on Death
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Heidegger on Death book
A Critical Theological Essay
Heidegger on Death
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Heidegger on Death book
A Critical Theological Essay
ByGeorge Pattison
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 22 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
Pages 184 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315586526
SubjectsHumanities, Social Sciences
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Pattison, G. (2013). Heidegger on Death. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315586526
This book examines the question of death in the light of Heidegger's paradigmatic discussion in Being and Time. Although Heidegger's own treatment deliberately refrains from engaging theological perspectives, George Pattison suggests that these not only serve to bring out problematic elements in his own approach but also point to the larger human or anthropological issues in play. Pattison reveals where and how Heidegger and theology part ways but also how Heidegger can helpfully challenge theology to rethink one of its own fundamental questions: human beings' relation to their death and the meaning of death in their religious lives.