The End: Thoughts on Humanism and Death
Extending earlier work on a nontheistic theology, in this article I explore a humanist framing of death. I begin with a critique of theistic framings of death as a matter of isolation and transition to a greater situation. In place of theistic understandings of death, here I argue that humanist theo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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| In: |
Dialog
Year: 2015, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-354 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism FD Contextual theology KBQ North America NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Theism
B Literature B Absurdity B Human Suffering B Death B Moral Evil B Humanism |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Extending earlier work on a nontheistic theology, in this article I explore a humanist framing of death. I begin with a critique of theistic framings of death as a matter of isolation and transition to a greater situation. In place of theistic understandings of death, here I argue that humanist theology, drawing insights from literature and Albert Camus' moralism, provides a way to naturalize death, to understand death as already and always a dimension of life. |
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| ISSN: | 1540-6385 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12207 |
