Recherche – Detailansicht

Ausgabe:

April/2015

Spalte:

431–433

Kategorie:

Philosophie, Religionsphilosophie

Autor/Hrsg.:

Simpson, Christopher Ben

Titel/Untertitel:

Merleau-Ponty and Theology.

Verlag:

London u. a.: Bloomsbury T & T Clark 2014. 272 S. = Philosophy and Theology. Kart. US$ 27,95. ISBN 978-0-567-21767-7.

Rezensent:

Johanne Stubbe Teglbjærg Kristensen

The writings of Maurice Merleau-Ponty have attracted renewed attention in recent years from scholars from a wide range of dis-ciplines with very different backgrounds and views. Consequently, the thoughts of Merleau-Ponty has had a considerable influence on the contemporary debate about a number of philosophical and theological issues, including on the relationship between natural­ism and transcendentalism, between ontology and phenomenol-ogy, between notions of body and mind, and between the notion of the body and of embodiment.
In light of this, Christopher Ben Simpson’s book about Merleau-Ponty and theology is a welcome addition. One can wonder why not much has been explicitly written about Merleau-Ponty’s relation to theology by either philosophers or by theologians; ...


Lesen sie als Abonnent weiter:

Recherche – Anmeldung