A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross: The Cruciform Self

By Brian Gregor

Book Overview

What does the cross, both as a historical event and a symbol of religious discourse, tell us about human beings? In this provocative book, Brian Gregor draws together a hermeneutics of the self--through Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Taylor--and a theology of the cross--through Luther, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, and J?ngel--to envision a phenomenology of the cruciform self. The result is a bold and original view of what philosophical anthropology could look like if it took the scandal of the cross seriously instead of reducing it into general philosophical concepts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253006724
• ISBN13: 9780253006721
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher