The Reason of Following: Christology and the Ecstatic IUniversity of Chicago Press, 1991 - 214 من الصفحات In the Reason of Following noted scholar Robert P. Scharlemann takes Christology in a radically new direction, suggesting that Christology itself represents a form of reason and an understanding of selfhood. For the first time, Scharlemann establishes a logical place for Christology in philosophical theology. Scharlemann presents a christological phenomenology of the self, tracing the connections between the "I am" of the God who spoke to Moses, the "I am" of Christ, and the "I am" of autonomous self-identification. How, he asks, can the self that spontaneously responds to Jesus' "Follow me!" be compared with the everyday, autonomous self? What is the nature of "following" on the part of those who answer the summons of one whose name is "I am"? Pursuing these questions, Scharlemann develops a christological phenomenology of the self—an account in which following means not the expression of the self in action or reflection but rather self-discovery in another person. With a deep sense of both culture and philosophy, Scharlemann distinguishes the forms of reason involved in "following" from those in ethics, aesthetics, and other modes of religious philosophic thought. His penetrating readings of nineteenth- and twentieth-century German theological and philosophical traditions provide an introduction to lesser-known thinkers such as Hermann and Picht as well as a profound critique of major figures such as Descartes, Heidegger, Fichte, and Kant. Finally Scharlemann outlines a program for a more systematic and rounded presentation of what Christian doctrine might mean in the contemporary world. His work will be of interest to students of theology and philosophy alike. |
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The I as Such | 1 |
The Being of the Self | 17 |
Modes of Thinking | 86 |
6 | 127 |
The Inscription of the Self | 175 |
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acoluthetic reason action actuality aesthetic analysis answer appears assertion call of conscience certainty Christ christological figure christological reason christological relation comes conceived concept connection contrarational copula D. F. Strauss Dasein death defined Descartes disciples distinction dwell ecstatic egoity entity ethical everyday example existence existential existentialist Existenz expression exstantial faith feeling Fichte Fichte's form of reason formulation freedom Gospel of John hamartetic hamartia Heidegger Heidegger's here-now hermeneutical human Husserl's identified indicated individual interpretation Jesus Kantian Karl Barth kerygma Kierkegaard's language meaning meant metaphysical method of doubt modes of thinking narrative nature never noumenon object one's oneself ontic ontological perceived perception person phenomenology phenomenon Ponza positing predicate question reality reference reflection Richard Swinburne Scharlemann Schleiermacher self's selfhood sense shows singular speak structure summons symbol systematic temporality textuality theological thing this-one-here thought Tillich tion transcendent tree trust truth understanding unity universal voice of conscience word