Language and Spirit

by Phillips, D. Z.; von der Ruhr, Mario

• ISBN13: 9781403918208
• ISBN10: 1403918201
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-18
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

God is said to be Spirit, but the language of spirit is ignored in contemporary philosophy of religion. As well as exploring the notion of spirit in Hegel, Romanticism and Kierkegaard, participants explore the view that God is a spirit without a body, and the relations between "spirit" and "truth."

Author Biography

D.Z. Phillips is Danforth Professor of Philosophy for Religion, Claremont Graduate School and Professor of Philosophy Emeritus and Rush Rhees Professor Emeritus at the University of Wales, Swansea.

Mario von der Ruhr is Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Wales, Swansea. He is Associate Editor of Philosophical Investigations and has published articles in the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vi
Notes on Contributors	vii
Introduction	1	(7)
D.Z. Phillips
1 Hegel's Dialectic of the Spirit: Contemporary Reflections on Hegel's Vision of Development and Totality	8	(31)
Anselm Kyongsuk Min
Voices in discussion 1	35	(4)
2 Spirit and Romanticism	39	(25)
Mario von der Ruhr
Voices in discussion 2	60	(4)
3 Kierkegaard on Language and Spirit	64	(27)
Merold Westphal
Voices in discussion 3	86	(5)
4 Toward Interpreting the Language of Spirit: The Legacy of Rudolf Bultmann	91	(22)
Schubert M. Ogden
Voices in discussion 4	106	(7)
5 Is God a Spirit?	113	(18)
Patrick Sherry
Voices in discussion 5	125	(6)
6 Spirit and Truth	131	(20)
James Kellenberger
Voices in discussion 6	144	(7)
Name Index	151	(2)
Subject Index	153