Transcendence and Self-Transcendence: On God and the Soul

by Merold Westphal

The question of the transcendence of God has traditionally been thought in terms of the difference between pantheism, which affirms that God is wholly "within" the world, and theism, which affirms that God is both "within" and "outside" the world, both immanent and transcendent. Against Heidegger's critique of onto-theology and the general postmodern concern for respecting and preserving the difference of the other, Merold Westphal seeks to rethink...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253216877
• ISBN13: 9780253216878
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher