Existential Theology

Existential Theology

by Hue Woodson
Existential Theology

Existential Theology

by Hue Woodson

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781532668401
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date: 09/29/2020
Pages: 354
Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.74(d)

About the Author

Hue Woodson is Assistant Professor of English at Tarrant County College, Northwest Campus, and a PhD student in English at the University of Texas at Arlington, where he specializes in Martin Heidegger. He is the author of Heideggerian Theologies: The Pathmarks of John Macquarrie, Rudolf Bultmann, Paul Tillich, and Karl Rahner (Wipf


& Stock, 2018) and A Theologian’s Guide to Heidegger (Wipf & Stock, 2019).

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“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.”

—James O. Duke, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University



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.”

—Peter L. Jones, Loyola University Chicago

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