The Priority of the Possible

Outlines of a Contemplative Philosophy of Orientation

Ingolf U. Dalferth (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2021 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-7321-5 (ISBN)

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This book shows the importance of the possibility approach for contemporary debates about metaphysics, the idea of God, the problem of evil, the role of reason and the understanding of humanity in the light of contemporary transhumanist challenges. It discusses the turn to possibility not only as a historical phenomenon, but as a systematic starting point for a contemporary philosophical theology that points beyond the barren alternatives between classical or neoclassical metaphysics as well as modern and postmodern antimetaphysics. It thus offers a new starting point for critical engagement with the philosophical and theological challengers and shortcomings of our contemporary culture.

Ingolf U. Dalferth is Danforth Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, USA, and Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. From 1998 to 2012, he served as Director of the Institute for Hermeneutics and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Zurich. The University of Copenhagen and the University of Uppsala awarded him honorary doctorates. His publications include Deus Praesens. Gottes Gegenwart und christlicher Glaube (2021), Gegenwart. Eine philosophische Studie in theologischer Absicht (2021), and Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom (2016), among others.

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2021
Verlagsort	Newcastle upon Tyne
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 212 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Metaphysik / Ontologie
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5275-7321-4 / 1527573214
ISBN-13	978-1-5275-7321-5 / 9781527573215
Zustand	Neuware