Existential Theology: An Introduction

Existential Theology: An Introduction offers a formalized and comprehensive examination of the field of existential theology in order to distinguish it as a unique field of study and view it as a measured synthesis of the concerns of Christian existentialism Christian humanism and Christian philosophy with the preoccupations of proper existentialism and a series of unfolding themes from Augustine to Kierkegaard. To do this Existential Theology attends to the field through the exploration of genres: the European traditions in French Russian and German schools of thought counter-traditions in liberation feminist and womanist approaches and postmodern traditions located in anthropological political and ethical approaches. While the cultural contexts inform how each of the selected philosopher-theologians present genres of existential theology other unique genres are examined in theoretical and philosophical contexts particularly through a selected set of theologians philosophers thinkers and theorists that are not generally categorized theologically. By assessing existential theology through how it manifests itself in genres this book brings together lesser-known figures well-known thinkers and figures that are not generally viewed as existential theologians to form a focused understanding of the question of the meaning of existential theology and what existential theology looks like in its varying forms.