Sacrality of the Secular

Bradley B. Onishi is assistant professor of religion at Skidmore College. He is a coauthor of Christian Mysticism: An Introduction to Theoretical Approaches (2009) and coeditor of Mysticism in the French Tradition: Eruptions from France (2015).

• AcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: Philosophy’s “Turn to Religion” and Secularities 1. Different Worlds: Weber, Heidegger, and the Meaning of Life2. Philosophizing with Religion: Secular Reenchantment in the Early Heidegger3. Excendence and Heterology: Religious and Secular in Interwar Paris4. A Prophet of the Impossible: Bataille’s Mystical Turn and Continental Philosophy of Religion5. The Sacrality of the Secular: On the History and End of Philosophy of ReligionConclusion: Contemporary Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies—Three ExamplesNotesBibliographyIndex

The Sacrality of the Secular is a sophisticated study of religious resources implicit in ostensibly secular culture. Onishi demonstrates how the American appropriation of Heidegger and post-Heideggerian philosophy contributed to “the religious turn” in continental philosophy. The significance of this work extends far beyond the field of religious studies. Through a critical reassessment of theories of modernization and disenchantment, Onishi charts new directions for cultural inquiry at a time when the humanities have lost their way.