Agnosis: Theology in the Void

Can theology still operate in the void of post-theism? In attempting to answer this question Agnosis examines the concept of the void itself, tracing a history of nothingness from Augustine through Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Bataille and Derrida, and dialoguing with Japan's Kyoto School philosophers. It is argued that neither Augustinian nor post-Hegelian metaphysics have given a satisfactory understanding of nothingness and that we must look to an experience of nothingness as the best ground for future religious life and thought.

Autorentext

George Pattison is 1640 Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow, having previously held posts at King's College Cambridge, the Universities of Aarhus and Oxford. He has published extensively on the philosophy of religion since Hegel, especially Kierkegaard and Heidegger, and on theology, art, and literature. His recent books include God and Being (2011), Kierkegaard and the Quest for Unambiguous Life (2013) and Heidegger and Death (2013).

Zusammenfassung
It is argued that neither Augustinian nor post-Hegelian metaphysics have given a satisfactory understanding of nothingness and that we must look to an experience of nothingness as the best ground for future religious life and thought.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Augustinian Inheritance - Nothingness and the Return of Metaphysics - The Experience of the Void - Nothingness and the Place of Religious Experience: An Asian View - Agnosis: Thinking God in the Void - Bibliography - Index