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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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2015]
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Dialog
Jahr: 2015, Band: 54, Heft: 4, Seiten: 347-354 |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus FD Kontextuelle Theologie KBQ Nordamerika NBC Gotteslehre NBE Anthropologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Theism
B Literature B Absurdity B Human Suffering B Death B Moral Evil B Humanism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Dialog
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/dial.12207 |
