Presence of God and the Presence of Persons

James Kellenberger is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Northridge, USA. His previous books include Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Dying to Self and Detachment, and, most recently, The Asymptote of Love and Religion, Pacifism, and Nonviolence.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Presence of Persons.- 3. The Moral Import of Persons.- 4. A Relationship to Persons.- 5. An Affective Response to Persons.- 6. A Recognition of the Inherent Worth of Persons.- 7. The Presence of God.- 8. The Religious Import of God.- 9. A Relationship to God.- 10. An Affective Response to God.- 11. The Recognition of God.- 12. The Presence of Persons and the Presence of God.- 13. The Death of God and the Death of Persons.- 14. Moral and Religio-Moral Implications.