Victor A. Shepherd's The Committed Self: An Introduction to Existentialism for PDF

By Victor A. Shepherd

The devoted Self is a transparent and compelling advent to Existentialism, the basis of Postmodernism and, in accordance with Victor A. Shepherd, nonetheless the main major philosophy of our instances. targeting Hegel, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Buber, Heidegger, and Sartre and their passionate dedication to the authenticity of the self, Shepherd keeps that Existentialism has a lot to assert to Christians with its figuring out of:

  • What it's to be a human being
  • How assorted forces operative on this planet and within the psyche form human self-awareness
  • The demeanour within which radical dedication forges and varieties that "self," that's not anything lower than a brand new birth

Shepherd believes that an acquaintance with Existentialism will relief Christians in negotiating the minefield they believe existence has turn into. And he repeatedly attracts cognizance to the style during which Existentialism recollects theology to its right vocation each time theology seems to be at risk of turning into a species of rationalism that makes use of spiritual vocabulary.

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