"Philosophy and Salvation is an intellectual cum insightful well researched book which explores humanity in an engaging approach of classical, modern, continental philosophy and philosophers."
-Romero D'Souza, Theological Book Review, Vol. 26 No. 2, 2015

We all seek salvation, claims Blanco, because we all become prisoners of negativity. Humanity wants to be saved, we want to overcome the negativity that so often enslaves us. But, where is the saviour to be found, and where is the source of salvation? In Philosophy and Salvation Blanco argues that salvation may only come from the infinite springs of the word. 'The word saves us: the word of science, the word manifested in art, the word of a society which promises something for itself . . . Humanity understands itself through language: human beings use words in order to know each other and to cooperate in the edification of something that may transcend them. The word invites us, and in fact leads us to transcendence. This is salvation: to inaugurate a new world in which the former negativity may be overcome'. Blanco looks back over the history of philosophical and theological thought to bring his argument to life for all seeking salvation today.
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In 'Philosophy and Salvation' Blanco argues that salvation may only come from the infinite springs of the word. Blanco looks back over the history of philosophical and theological thought to bring his argument to life for all seeking salvation today.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: The Salvific Dimension of Thought Part 1: In Search of Fundamentum 1 Philosophy beyond Science 2 The Senses of Being 3 The Dynamism of Being Excursus: On the Dimensions of Being and the Limitations of the Principle of Non-contradiction Part 2: Fundamentum in History 4 Consciousness beyond the World: Freedom 5 Freedom beyond Itself: Solidarity 6 Solidarity beyond Itself: Creation Excursus: A Salvific History for All Excursus: From the 'Thrownness' into the World to the Kingdom of Ends Excursus: The Concept of Religion and the Scope of Theology Excursus: The Names of Humanity and the Utopia of a Redeemed Past Part 3: Questioning as Salvation 7 Death as Challenge 8 Wisdom, Love, and Beauty Epilogue: Only a God Can Still Save Us Appendices Appendix A: Hegel:History, Theodicy, Art, and Redemption Appendix B: Dilthey and the Legitimacy of the 'Sciences of the Spirit' Appendix C: Religion as Illusion in Sigmund Freud Appendix D: The Conception of God as Das Ganz-Andere in Rudolf Otto Appendix E: God, the Future, and the Fundamentum of History in Wolfhart Pannenberg Appendix F: The Rose and Its Reason Bibliography
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ISBN
9780718892937
Publisert
1900
Utgiver
Vendor
Lutterworth Press
Vekt
311 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
153 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
294

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Biographical note

Carlos Blanco is the author of 'El Pensamiento de la Apocalíptica Judía', 'Why Resurrection?' (Lutterworth Press, 2011), and 'Mentes Maravillosas que Cambiaron la Humanidad'. He has been a Visiting Fellow at the Committee on the Study of Religion at Harvard University, and he is currently a researcher and professor at Instituto de Cultura y Sociedad (Spain).