The Unmaking of God

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Author: William F. Nietmann

ISBN-10: 0819194360

ISBN-13: 9780819194367

Category: Hermeneutics -> Christianity

This book shows that the connections between philosophy and religion, especially Christianity, are illegitimate ones. The history of religious thinking has been created by philosophical reasoning. Breaking the grip of this thinking on religious life has an impact on thinking about God as well. To meet this challenge, the author reviews philosophy's history and its consequences for religious thinking. Then he turns to what authentic religious life involves. Nietmann asserts that philosophical...

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This book shows that the connections between philosophy and religion, especially Christianity, are illegitimate ones. The history of religious thinking has been created by philosophical reasoning. Breaking the grip of this thinking on religious life has an impact on thinking about God as well.

PrefaceCh. IIntroduction1Pt. IPhilosophical Objectivity and Its Religious ImpactCh. IIGod and Reality13Ch. IIIReligious Experience37Ch. IVThe Humanization of Religion61Ch. VTimely Religion83Pt. IIThe Existing Individual and ReligionCh. VIThe Logic of Being a Subject119Ch. VIIReligious Language155Ch. VIIIConclusion - The Dwelling That Words Among Us191Index217