Jayne Svenungsson
Researcher
Guds återkomst. En studie av gudsbegreppet inom postmodern filosofi
Author
Summary, in English
In recent years the question of religion in general and of God in particular has moved center stage in contemporary philosophical reflection. The dissertation discusses this development with particular regard to the concept of God. The aim of the study is twofold. First, it examines the historical and intellectual premises for this development. Second, it offers a constructive critical analysis of the concept of God as it appears in contemporary philosophy.
The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one offers a short introduction to the study. In the following two chapters, the historical and intellectual premises for the renewed theological reflection within parts of contemporary philosophy are examined. Chapter two focuses upon the wider philosophical context that has made possible this development, and argues that this context is related to the somewhat disputed notion of postmodernism. Chapter three completes this discussion by exploring some of the central ideas and philosophemes that underlie the "return of God".
The two final chapters offer a critical analysis of the concept of God as it appears in the work of two contemporary philosophers, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion. In chapter four, a general presentation of the theological aspects of Derrida and Marion's thought is given. In chapter five, the contemporary philosophical conception of God - as exemplified by Derrida and Marion - is critically contrasted with some of the features that are of central importance in parts of contemporary theological discourse on God. In contrast to the philosophical discussion of God, which sometimes tends to be abstract and contextless, the contemporary theological reflection stresses the importance of language and embodiment.
The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one offers a short introduction to the study. In the following two chapters, the historical and intellectual premises for the renewed theological reflection within parts of contemporary philosophy are examined. Chapter two focuses upon the wider philosophical context that has made possible this development, and argues that this context is related to the somewhat disputed notion of postmodernism. Chapter three completes this discussion by exploring some of the central ideas and philosophemes that underlie the "return of God".
The two final chapters offer a critical analysis of the concept of God as it appears in the work of two contemporary philosophers, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion. In chapter four, a general presentation of the theological aspects of Derrida and Marion's thought is given. In chapter five, the contemporary philosophical conception of God - as exemplified by Derrida and Marion - is critically contrasted with some of the features that are of central importance in parts of contemporary theological discourse on God. In contrast to the philosophical discussion of God, which sometimes tends to be abstract and contextless, the contemporary theological reflection stresses the importance of language and embodiment.
Department/s
- Studies in Faith and World Views
Publishing year
2004
Language
Swedish
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Glänta produktion
Topic
- Religious Studies
Keywords
- metafysik
- estetik
- Praktisk filosofi
- ideology
- epistemology
- metaphysics
- aesthetics
- ethics
- God
- postmodernism
- hermeneutics
- phenomenology
- ontology
- ontotheology
- transcendence
- immanence
- Nietzsche
- Heidegger
- Lévinas
- Derrida
- Marion
- Theology
- Systematic philosophy
- Teologi
- kunskapsteori
- ideologi
Status
Published
Supervisor
- Werner G. Jeanrond
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 91-97-4575-2-3
Defence date
14 December 2002
Defence time
14:15
Defence place
Carolinasalen, Kungshuset, Lundagård
Opponent
- Arne Grøn (Professor)