Reviews for God, Guilt, and Death An Existential Phenomenology of Religion

The average rating for God, Guilt, and Death An Existential Phenomenology of Religion based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-01-13 00:00:00 Robb Krueger There is a lot in here. The chapters are structured to make a large argument. The parts that interested me the most were about Rudolf Otto's mysterium tremendum et fascinans as related to one's sense of worth, guilt as a question of one's worthiness to be happy, Søren Kierkegaard's transformations of "resignation" and "suffering," Scheler’s account of resentment, and mimesis (imitation) in myth as a form of methexis (participation) in the cosmic drama and not merely a representation of it.

Review # 2 was written on 2013-05-29 00:00:00 Nicholas Tamburrino The argument here is that grappling with guilt and death is something that humans do, either in secular or religious frameworks. Despite the highfalutin title, this book is for everyone, and it may help atheists to a deeper understanding of what they object to. Descriptions of various religious practices are offered and interpreted while remaining agnostic about whether those experiences have a genuine object (God or gods). Westphal is a beast.