Louis Dupré was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale. He was the author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture and The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism.Peter J. Casarella is a professor of theology at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of multiple books, including The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts: Ecumenism and Inter-religious Encounters in the Age of Pope Francis.

• Foreword by Peter Casarella1. Philosophy and FaithPart 1. Farewell to a Symbolic World2. The Modern Idea of Culture and Its Opposition to Its Classical and Medieval Origins3. The Fragmentation of the Symbolic World4. The Sources of Modern AtheismPart 2. Philosophical Reinterpretations of Theology5. Hegel's Spirit and the Religious Idea of God as Spirit6. Philosophical Reflections on the Mystery of Creation7. Evil and the Limits of Theodicy8. Intimations of ImmortalityPart 3. Phenomenology: Philosophy Reopens its Doors to Mystery9. Phenomenology of Religion: Limits and Possibilities10. Phenomenology and Religious Truth11. The Enigma of Religious Art12. Ritual: The Sacralization of TimePart 4. Mysticism: The Silence of Faith13. Is a Natural Desire of God Possible?14. Mysticism and Philosophy15. Justifying the Mystical Experience

"A marvel of intellectual probity and learning. It's safe to say that Thinking the Unknowable will become a standard introduction for anyone seeking an informed, efficient, and clearly argued introduction to the field of philosophical theology." —Thomas Pfau, author of Incomprehensible Certainty

Louis Dupré was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale. He was the author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture and The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism.Peter J. Casarella is a professor of theology at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of multiple books, including The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts: Ecumenism and Inter-religious Encounters in the Age of Pope Francis.

• Foreword by Peter Casarella1. Philosophy and FaithPart 1. Farewell to a Symbolic World2. The Modern Idea of Culture and Its Opposition to Its Classical and Medieval Origins3. The Fragmentation of the Symbolic World4. The Sources of Modern AtheismPart 2. Philosophical Reinterpretations of Theology5. Hegel's Spirit and the Religious Idea of God as Spirit6. Philosophical Reflections on the Mystery of Creation7. Evil and the Limits of Theodicy8. Intimations of ImmortalityPart 3. Phenomenology: Philosophy Reopens its Doors to Mystery9. Phenomenology of Religion: Limits and Possibilities10. Phenomenology and Religious Truth11. The Enigma of Religious Art12. Ritual: The Sacralization of TimePart 4. Mysticism: The Silence of Faith13. Is a Natural Desire of God Possible?14. Mysticism and Philosophy15. Justifying the Mystical Experience

"A marvel of intellectual probity and learning. It's safe to say that Thinking the Unknowable will become a standard introduction for anyone seeking an informed, efficient, and clearly argued introduction to the field of philosophical theology." —Thomas Pfau, author of Incomprehensible Certainty

Louis Dupré was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale. He was the author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture and The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism.Peter J. Casarella is a professor of theology at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of multiple books, including The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts: Ecumenism and Inter-religious Encounters in the Age of Pope Francis.

• Foreword by Peter Casarella1. Philosophy and FaithPart 1. Farewell to a Symbolic World2. The Modern Idea of Culture and Its Opposition to Its Classical and Medieval Origins3. The Fragmentation of the Symbolic World4. The Sources of Modern AtheismPart 2. Philosophical Reinterpretations of Theology5. Hegel's Spirit and the Religious Idea of God as Spirit6. Philosophical Reflections on the Mystery of Creation7. Evil and the Limits of Theodicy8. Intimations of ImmortalityPart 3. Phenomenology: Philosophy Reopens its Doors to Mystery9. Phenomenology of Religion: Limits and Possibilities10. Phenomenology and Religious Truth11. The Enigma of Religious Art12. Ritual: The Sacralization of TimePart 4. Mysticism: The Silence of Faith13. Is a Natural Desire of God Possible?14. Mysticism and Philosophy15. Justifying the Mystical Experience

"A marvel of intellectual probity and learning. It's safe to say that Thinking the Unknowable will become a standard introduction for anyone seeking an informed, efficient, and clearly argued introduction to the field of philosophical theology." —Thomas Pfau, author of Incomprehensible Certainty