Gadamer and the Question of the Divine (Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy, 73)

__Gadamer and the Question of the Divine__uncovers a neglected side of Gadamer's thought, namely his life-long concern with the question of the divine. Not only is this an issue of fundamental importance to philosophical hermeneutics, but it also contributes to what Gadamer considered to be the most urgent task of our time - a conceptual dialogue among religions. New grounds for toleration among communities must be found and Gadamer's study of the divine provides both a model and a starting-place for doing so. In setting forth a conceptual narrative for global dialogue about religious transcendence, Gadamer is the pre-eminent twentieth-century philosopher of the divine. Gadamer's study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. Walter Lammi shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks and suggests a path to questions of cosmology, temporality and religious experience. Contents 6 Foreword 8 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction 12 1. Christian and Greek 25 Christian theology 26 The Greeks 31 The ‘querelle des anciens et des modernes’ 36 2. Situating Gadamer Philosophically 37 The Greeks 42 Singularities: Heidegger, Derrida, Gadamer 46 3. Wholes 55 The indeterminate whole 60 The spinning top 68 4. Temporality and Art 75 The role of language 75 Phenomenology and temporal constitution 78 Transition 83 Insight and text 88 5. Art, Religious Experience, Philosophy 91 Mythos and logos 93 The question of divine experience 100 6. Intellectualism 108 Sophistry 110 Ideology 118 Epilogue 126 Notes 128 Bibliography 177 Index 200 A 200 B 200 C 200 D 200 E 201 F 201 G 201 H 201 I 201 J 201 K 201 L 201 M 202 N 202 O 202 P 202 Q 202 R 202 S 202 T 202 U 203 V 203 W 203 Z 203 MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict MuPDF error: syntax error: invalid key in dict Contents 6 Foreword 8 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction 12 1. Christian and Greek 25 Christian theology 26 The Greeks 31 The ‘querelle des anciens et des modernes’ 36 2. Situating Gadamer Philosophically 37 The Greeks 42 Singularities: Heidegger, Derrida, Gadamer 46 3. Wholes 55 The indeterminate whole 60 The spinning top 68 4. Temporality and Art 75 The role of language 75 Phenomenology and temporal constitution 78 Transition 83 Insight and text 88 5. Art, Religious Experience, Philosophy 91 Mythos and logos 93 The question of divine experience 100 6. Intellectualism 108 Sophistry 110 Ideology 118 Epilogue 126 Notes 128 Bibliography 177 Index 200 A 200 B 200 C 200 D 200 E 201 F 201 G 201 H 201 I 201 J 201 K 201 L 201 M 202 N 202 O 202 P 202 Q 202 R 202 S 202 T 202 U 203 V 203 W 203 Z 203

Gadamer and the Question of the Divine uncovers a neglected side of Gadamer’s thought, namely his life-long concern with the question of the divine. Not only is this an issue of fundamental importance to philosophical hermeneutics, but it also contributes to what Gadamer considered to be the most urgent task of our time – a conceptual dialogue among religions. New grounds for toleration among communities must be found and Gadamer’s study of the divine provides both a model and a starting-place for doing so. In setting forth a conceptual narrative for global dialogue about religious transcendence, Gadamer is the pre-eminent twentieth-century philosopher of the divine. Gadamer’s study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. Walter Lammi shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks and suggests a path to questions of cosmology, temporality and religious experience.

Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 11 Introduction......Page 12 1. Christian and Greek......Page 25 Christian theology......Page 26 The Greeks......Page 31 The ‘querelle des anciens et des modernes’......Page 36 2. Situating Gadamer Philosophically......Page 37 The Greeks......Page 42 Singularities: Heidegger, Derrida, Gadamer......Page 46 3. Wholes......Page 55 The indeterminate whole......Page 60 The spinning top......Page 68 The role of language......Page 75 Phenomenology and temporal constitution......Page 78 Transition......Page 83 Insight and text......Page 88 5. Art, Religious Experience, Philosophy......Page 91 Mythos and logos......Page 93 The question of divine experience......Page 100 6. Intellectualism......Page 108 Sophistry......Page 110 Ideology......Page 118 Epilogue......Page 126 Notes......Page 128 Bibliography......Page 177 D......Page 200 L......Page 201 T......Page 202 Z......Page 203 Gadamer's study of the divine is an application of philosophical hermeneutics and phenomenological in its descriptions of temporality and the experience of art. This monograph shows how Gadamer provides us with a richly textured study of the divine that finds its bearings in Heidegger and the Greeks This is an important monograph, exploring a neglected aspect of Gadamer's thought - his life-long concern with the question of the divine