Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion

Benjamin D. Crowe teaches in the philosophy department at the University of Utah. He is author of Heidegger's Religious Origins (IUP, 2006).

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of Abbreviations of Works by HeideggerIntroduction1. Religion and Cultural CriticismThe Conceptual Framework for Heidegger's Cultural CriticismModernity and SubjectivismModernity and TheologyPhilosophical Voices of Modernity: Neo-Kantianism and NietzscheAnti-Realism and Religion2. Heidegger's Early Phenomenology of ReligionFundamental ThemesBeing-in-the-worldThe "Grace-Character" of Religious LifeThe "Givenness" or "Objecthood" of GodInfluencesFriedrich Schleiermacher: Realism and Phenomenological MethodEdmund HusserlAdolf ReinachHeidegger's Earliest Sketches of a Phenomenology of ReligionWinter Semester 1920–1921: Heidegger's Lectures on Pauline ChristianitySummer Semester 1921: Heidegger's Lectures on Augustine3. Heidegger's Later Phenomenology of ReligionNew Elements, Persisting ProjectThe Concept of "The Holy"Phenomenology of Greek ReligionThe "Gods"Religion and "Being-in-the-World" in Heidegger's Later WorksConclusionBibliographyIndex

"[This book] will be useful for those interested in the philosophy of religion, or in the philosophy of Heidegger, or in criticism of the culture of modernity." -Robert Dostal, Bryn Mawr College