Incurious seeker's quest for meaning : Heidegger, mood and Christianity

275 Pages·2014·10.251 MB·English

by  Heidegger, Martin, Sludds, Kevin

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Kevin Sludds is an award-winning poet and philosopher. He is Head of Department
of General Studies at Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the author of
Emotions: Their Cognitive Base and Ontological Importance (Peter Lang, 2009).
Peter Lang
ISBN 978-3-0343-1715-3
www.peterlang.com
57 Vol. 57
Religions Religions
and Discourse and Discourse
K
e
The paradox within the title of this book refers to its principal theme, that of eluci- vin
dating our innate capacity to transform/convert from an inauthentic everyday mode S
lu
of being to an authentic one. This study provides an analysis of affect as a means of d
d
highlighting a number of key points of contact between the disciplines of philosophy s
and theology when addressing this topic. The author explores Martin Heidegger’s Thl
intimate connections with Christianity, firstly, by examining the close ties he and e
I
his family had to the Catholic Church and, secondly, from within his fundamental n
c
u
ontology as developed in Being and Time. Finally, he demonstrates through literary rio
and comparative analysis the affinity that exists between a philosophy of facticity u
s
and Christian theology in their descriptions of humankind without faith or Dasein’s Se
e
inauthentic existence. k
e
r
’s Q Kevin Sludds
u
e
s
t
f
o
r
M
The Incurious Seeker’s
e
a
n
in
g
Quest for Meaning
Heidegger, Mood and Christianity
Kevin Sludds is an award-winning poet and philosopher. He is Head of Department
of General Studies at Baze University, Abuja, Nigeria. He is also the author of
Emotions: Their Cognitive Base and Ontological Importance (Peter Lang, 2009).
Peter Lang
www.peterlang.com
The Incurious Seeker’s Quest for Meaning
Religions and Discourse
Edited by James M.M. Francis
Volume 57
PETER LANG
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Kevin Sludds
The Incurious Seeker’s
Quest for Meaning
Heidegger, Mood and Christianity
PETER LANG
Oxford • Bern • Berlin • Bruxelles • Frankfurt am Main • New York • Wien
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For my wife Eleanor without whose love, expressed through
care, this book would simply have remained an idea. And my
daughter Ellen, who daily reminds me that quest-ioning is just
part of who we are.
“λάθε βιώσας” Epicurus.
“There’s a goose asleep in the rain” Mr. Forgetful.
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction 1
Chapter 2
The Importance of Heidegger’s Confrontation with Christianity
in his Early Career 21
Chapter 3
The Incurious Seeker’s Quest for Meaning 37
Chapter 4
Being-in-the-world, the Make-up of the World and Disclosure 59
Chapter 5
The Importance of Af fective States at an Ontic Level,
Fallenness and Christian Sin 79
Chapter 6
The Importance of Af fective States at an Ontological Level
and Ontological Guilt 107
Chapter 7
Inauthentic/Authentic Anxiety, Rudolf Otto and Anxiety’s
Religious Revelations 129
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Chapter 8
Death and Heidegger’s Secularising of Christian Theology 151
Chapter 9
Dasein’s Call to Authenticity and Misinterpretations of it 181
Chapter 10
Dasein’s Authentic Transformation, Contrasts and
Christian Parallels 203
Chapter 11
Conclusion 227
Bibliography 233
Index 241