Saint Paul and Contemporary European Philosophy: The Outcast and the Spirit

Gert-Jan van der Heiden

book: Saint Paul and Contemporary European Philosophy

Open Access Published by Edinburgh University Press 2023

Saint Paul and Contemporary European Philosophy

The Outcast and the Spirit

Gert-Jan van der Heiden

In the series Crosscurrents

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781399521741

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Offers a new systematic account of the philosophical potential of Saint Paul’s letters

Shows the present-day philosophical importance of the letters of the founder of Christianity
Argues that important ontological problems concerning dualism, nihilism and the event appear in an unexpected light when read through a Pauline lens
Shows a new philosophical appraisal of the Pauline conception of faith in terms of an art of living
Offers a new systematic approach to the intriguing present-day philosophical turn to the Letters of Saint Paul in the works of Heidegger, Taubes, Badiou, Agamben and Zizek
Discusses how Saint Paul allows philosophers to rethink the notions of law and community giving rise to a new type of political philosophy

The re-examination of Saint Paul’s letters in contemporary European philosophy is one of the most important developments at the crossroads of philosophy and theology today.

In discussion with a range of authors contributing to this movement, including Heidegger, Badiou, Agamben, and Taubes, Gert-Jan van der Heiden offers a new and systematic account of the philosophical potential of these letters. He does so by uncovering a dialectic of exception, which revolves around the Pauline notions of the outcast and the spirit.

Against a general tendency to understand the significance of Paul in politico-theological terms alone, van der Heiden focuses on the ontological potential of Saint Paul’s letters by elucidating what they imply for our thinking about (non-)beings, world, event, time, exception and spirit. Ultimately, he shows how this dialectic implies a new understanding of being and thinking and gives rise to a new art of living, both ethically and politically.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Series Editor’s Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Introduction: Another Legacy of Paul? Open Access Download PDF	1
1. The Dialectic Spirit of Paul Open Access Download PDF	25
2. The Ghost of Nihilism Open Access Download PDF	45
3. Meontology Open Access Download PDF	68
4. Time, Event and Exception Open Access Download PDF	96
5. Law, Promise and Grace Open Access Download PDF	128
6. Community, Exception and Outcast Open Access Download PDF	154
Epilogue: A Pauline Dialectic of Exception Open Access Download PDF	179
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	202
Index Open Access Download PDF	215

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: July 3, 2023
ISBN: 9781399521741