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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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God and desire

Jan-Olav Henriksen

pp. 149-164

Abstract

The world has changed again. What used to be the natural allies for a theology which wanted to make sense, have fallen under suspicion: Reason, both pure and practical, are no longer able to supply theology with the resources and links it needs in order to relate its God-talk to talk about the world of humans. By attacking and questioning reason in different forms, and its abilities to teach us something about the world as it is, Nietzsche and Freud simultaneously directed their critical apparatus against what had been the most prominent allies of theology for almost 2000 years. Consequently a theology that based its claims on the results of some form of metaphysics based on reason, today finds itself

Publication details

Published in:

Fløistad Guttorm (2010) Philosophy of religion. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 149-164

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3527-1_7

Full citation:

Henriksen Jan-Olav (2010) „God and desire“, In: G. Fløistad (ed.), Philosophy of religion, Dordrecht, Springer, 149–164.