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uarrie Heidegger and Christianity John Macquarrie There is little doubt that in our time the temporal and the historical have acquired a new importance in human thinking. There is a tendency to see everything as swept along in the flux of becoming. Nothing remains static, and even theologians have come to doubt whether such notions as ‘immutability’ and ‘impassibility’ are essential characteristics of God. The permanent framework has disappeared and even metaphysical systems are regarded as the products of history. Is everything then plunged into a thorough relativism, or even that nihilism which Nietzsche foresaw? John Macquarrie considers this question in a new exploration of the lEtf thought of Martin Heidegger, the twentieth- century philosopher who gave a central place in RIS his thinking to the temporality and historicality not only of human existence but of being generally. He examines Heidegger’s career and early writings, and then above all his magnum opus Being and Time, going on to discuss such issues as metaphysics and theology; thinghood, technology and art; thinking, language and poetry. By attending to these concepts, he believes, we may learn something of the impact on Christianity of the contemporary concern with time. Heidegger and Christianity John Macquarrie Heidegger and Christianity The Hensley Henson Lectures 1993—94 Continuum • New York 1994 The Continuum Publishing Company* 370 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Copyright© 1994 by John Macquarrie All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of The Continuum Publishing Company. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Macquarrie, John. Heidegger and Christianity : Hensley Henson lectures, 1993—1994 / John Macquarrie. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8264—0694—7 1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889—1976. 2. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976—Influence. 3. Theology, Doctrinal—History—20th century. 4. Philosophy and religion—History—20th century. I. Title. B3279.H79M257 1994 193—dc2o 94—20201 CIP Printed in Great Britain Contents Preface vii i Career and Early Writings 1 2 Being and Time (i) 16 3 Being and Time (2) 32 4 Metaphysics and Theology 48 5 Thinghood, Technology, Art 63 6 Thinking, Language, Poetry 77 7 ‘Only a God Can Save Us’ 94 8 Some Loose Ends 109 Notes 122 Bibliography 129 Index 133
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