Embracing Paradox: Maimonides and Kierkegaard on Divine Transcendence and Immanence

Negotiating the relation between divine transcendence and divine immanence lies at the heart of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed and of Kierkegaard's philosophical works. The purpose of the paper is to explore the manners in which they do so. I argue that despite various differences be...

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Auteur principal: Verbin, Nehama 1968- (Auteur)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham [2020]
Dans: European journal for philosophy of religion
Année: 2020, Volume: 12, Numéro: 2, Pages: 149-179
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Maimonides, Moses 1135-1204 / Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855 / Dieu / Transcendance / Immanence
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
BH Judaïsme
NBC Dieu
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Résumé:Negotiating the relation between divine transcendence and divine immanence lies at the heart of Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed and of Kierkegaard's philosophical works. The purpose of the paper is to explore the manners in which they do so. I argue that despite various differences between them, both engage with the tension between divine transcendence and immanence by turning away from objectivity to subjectivity and, moreover, by placing paradox, riddle and secret at the heart of their philosophical works. In other words, I argue that they do not attempt to solve or dissolve the great paradox of God's immanent transcendence but to present it in its most acute forms as the paradox within which the religious life is lived.
Contient:Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.v12i2.3313