God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion

Author/Contributor(s):	Westphal, Merold
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Date:	02/22/1987
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

. . . a profoundly stimulating and satisfying piece of philosophy. . . . It is a book from which one really can learn something worthwhile. --Idealistic Studies

. . . exceptionally well-written philosophy of religion . . . --Mentalities

. . . a most impressive phenomenology of religion . . . a splendid achievement . . . --The Reformed Theological Review

. . . challenging to scholars . . . interesting to general audiences. --International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

. . . equal in clarity of thought and comprehensiveness of scope. . . . profoundly original. --The Reformed Journal

Challenging and thought-provoking, this makes a fine . . . textbook in the philosophy of religion. --Religious Studies Review

. . . its virtues as a textbook in phenomenology or philosophy of religion are extraordinary. --Faith and Philosophy

Examples from the writings of Kierkegaard, Freud, Heidegger, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and Tolstoi illuminate Westphal's thesis that guilt and death are the central problems of human existence.