Philosophical Anthropology of the Cross

<p>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 self--through Heidegger Gadamer Ricoeur and Taylor--and a theology of the cross--through Luther Kierkegaard Bonhoeffer and Jüngel--to 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.</p>