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In various texts, Martin Heidegger speaks of god and the gods, but the question of how exactly Heidegger’s thought relates to theology and religion in a broad sense—and to God in a specific sense—remains unclear and in need of careful, philosophical excavation. Ben Vedder provides the first book-length study on Heidegger’s relation to the philosophy of religion, offering greater accessibility into an area that continues to fascinate philosophers, theologians, and all those interested in the philosophy of religion. Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion: From God to the Gods deals intimately with hotly debated topics such as Heidegger’s interpretation of Saint Paul, Nietzsche and the death of God, ontotheology, and Heidegger’s discussion of the “last god,” taking into account the early, middle, and later texts of Heidegger. Significantly, Vedder draws heavily on Heidegger’s The Phenomenology of Religious Life, long available in German, but only recently available to English readers. Vedder describes the tension between religion and philosophy, on the one hand, and religion and poetic expression, on the other. If we grasp religion completely from a philosophical point of view, we tend to neutralize it; but if we conceive it in a simply poetic way, we tend to be philosophically indifferent to it. Vedder demonstrates how Heidegger speaks a “poetry of religion,” a description of humanity’s relationship to the divine, and why Heidegger’s thinking is ultimately a theological thinking. Clearly written and comprehensive in scope, Heidegger’s Philosophy of Religion: From God to the Gods represents a major step forward in Heidegger scholarship.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
  2. pp. iii-iv
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. List of Abbreviations
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. ONE The Pre-Historical Heidegger
  2. pp. 11-34
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  1. TWO Heidegger and the Philosophy of Religion
  2. pp. 35-66
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  1. THREE Philosophy and Theologyas Mortal Enemies
  2. pp. 67-92
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  1. FOUR Aristotle’s Ontology as Theology
  2. pp. 93-112
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  1. FIVE The Ideal of a Causa Sui
  2. pp. 113-132
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  1. SIX Heidegger’s Interpretation of the Word of Nietzsche:“God is Dead”
  2. pp. 133-156
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  1. SEVEN The Provisionality of a Passing Last God
  2. pp. 157-188
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  1. EIGHT Subjectivism or Humanism
  2. pp. 189-214
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  1. NINE A Phenomenology of the Holy
  2. pp. 215-236
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  1. TEN A Longing for the Coming of the Gods
  2. pp. 237-264
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  1. Conclusion
  2. pp. 265-278
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 279-316
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 317-328
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 329-336
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