Existential Theology
An Introduction
- Theology
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Existential Theology: An Introduction offers a formalized and comprehensive examination of the field of existential theology, in order to distinguish it as a unique field of study and view it as a measured synthesis of the concerns of Christian existentialism, Christian humanism, and Christian philosophy with the preoccupations of proper existentialism and a series of unfolding themes from Augustine to Kierkegaard. To do this, Existential Theology attends to the field through the exploration of genres: the European traditions in French, Russian, and German schools of thought, counter-traditions in liberation, feminist, and womanist approaches, and postmodern traditions located in anthropological, political, and ethical approaches. While the cultural contexts inform how each of the selected philosopher-theologians present genres of "existential theology," other unique genres are examined in theoretical and philosophical contexts, particularly through a selected set of theologians, philosophers, thinkers, and theorists that are not generally categorized theologically. By assessing existential theology through how it manifests itself in "genres," this book brings together lesser-known figures, well-known thinkers, and figures that are not generally viewed as "existential theologians" to form a focused understanding of the question of the meaning of "existential theology" and what "existential theology" looks like in its varying forms.
Endorsements (2)
“Woodson offers us a bold adventure tracking the meaning of existential theology, an elusive shape shifter whose initial themes in Christian antiquity evolved into famed French, German, and Russian modern thinkers and on to social-political correctives and leading post-humanist initiatives today. Readers of theology, philosophy, ethics, or cultural studies find here an invaluable guide.”
“Existential Theology: An Introduction is an important overview and resource, aptly describing the intersection of a specifically Christian humanism, philosophy, and existentialism. Woodson’s critical and constructive review of influential thinkers and theologians, including a host of active voices from Katie Cannon to Slavoj Žižek, provides a unique and fruitful perspective on what constitutes existential theology and the pervasiveness and importance of its central concerns: the being of God and the being of humanity.”
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