A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross: The Cruciform Self [Hardcover]

What does the cross, both as a historical event and a symbol of religious discourse, tell us about human beings? In this provocative book, Brian Gregor draws together a hermeneutics of the selfthrough Heidegger, Gadamer, Ricoeur, and Taylorand a theology of the crossthrough Luther, Kierkegaard, Bonhoeffer, and J?ngelto envision a phenomenology of the cruciform self. The result is a bold and original view of what philosophical anthropology could look like if it took the scandal of the cross seriously instead of reducing it into general philosophical concepts.

What it means to be human in philosophical and theological terms

Brian Gregor is a postdoctoral teaching fellow in the Department of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is editor (with Jens Zimmerman) ofBonhoeffer and Continental Thought: Cruciform Philosophy(IUP, 2009) andBeing Human, Becoming Human: Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Social Thought.

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
1. Philosophy, the Cross, and Human Being
Part 1
2. The Hermeneutics of the Self
3. Faith, Substance, and the Cross
4. The Incurved Self
5. The Anthropological Question
Part 2
6. The Concreteness and Continuity of Faith
7. The Capable Human Being as a Penultimate Good
8. The Call to Responsibility
9. Reflexivity, Intentionality, and Self-understanding
10. Religion within the Limits of the Penultimate?
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Makes a sustained contribution to the very important debate over the proper space between philosophy and theology. Original, well researched, beautifully written, and provocative.

The power of Bonhoeffer's witness has caused many to overlook the great depth of his reflection. This fine work not only plumbs that depth, but also finds conclusions that may cause us to reconsider our approach to many contemporary questions and concerns.

In the end, A Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross relc�