Being and Time-less Faith: Juxtaposing Heideggerian Anxiety and Religious Experience

In Heidegger, fear reveals the thing to be feared in a fuller way than theory can. However, anxiety is distinct from fear, for while fear is directed towards a specific thing within the world, anxiety is anxious about existence itself, disclosing the totality of Being. A similar method could be appl...

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Main Author: Lyonhart, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2020
In: Open theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-26
Further subjects:B Heidegger
B the mood of faith
B Anxiety
B phenomenology of religion
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