The Death of God An Investigation into the History of the Western Concept of God

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While for the largest part of its history humankind has experienced its daily life in the 'here and now' in terms of a more fundamental, transcendent realm, a significant group of Westerners, in contrast, is living life without any reference to such a tra

Frederiek Depoortere is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of Theology at the KULeuven, Belgium.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Have we Taken Nietzsche Seriously Enough?
Nietzsche's Proclamation of the Death of God Revisited
Who (or What) Is Dead When God Has Died?	p. 7
God, the Ultimate Foundation	p. 13
The Death of God: The End of All Foundations	p. 18
Conclusion: The End of Transcendence	p. 21
Elements from the History of the Western Concept of God from its Greek Origins Until the Fourteenth Century
The Origins of the Western Concept of God in Pre-Socratic Philosophy	p. 26
The God of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics and the Platonists after Plato	p. 32
Augustine's Synthesis of Neoplatonism and Biblical Faith	p. 44
The Mediaeval Synthesis: From Augustine to Aquinas	p. 48
The Breakdown of the Mediaeval Synthesis	p. 55
Summary	p. 64
Descartes, Divine Omnipotence and The Theological Origins of Modernity
Divine Omnipotence in the Bible	p. 68
Divine Omnipotence in the Patristic Era	p. 76
Divine Omnipotence in the Christian Philosophy of the Middle Ages	p. 85
The Theological Origins of Modernity Evaluated	p. 102
Summary and Conclusion	p. 120
Modern Science and the Disappearance of God from Western Culture
From Analogy to Univocity: The Beginning of the End for God in the West?	p. 124
The Emergence of the Concept of Natura Pura in Scholastic Thought	p. 130
Personal Immortality and the Autonomy of Natural Philosophy	p. 135
Protestantism, Biblical Literalism and the Rise of Modern Science	p. 139
Modern Science and the Problematization of God's Presence	p. 143
The Dialectical Origins of Modern Atheism	p. 148
Luther, Hegel and the Death of God
The Origins of the Phrase 'God Is Dead!' in Lutheran Theology	p. 157
The Meaning of the Phrase 'God Himself Is Dead' in Hegel	p. 162
The Death of God: From Luther to Nietzsche via Hegel	p. 168
Protestantism and the Rise of Modern Atheism: A Note on the Relevance of the Theme of the Death of God	p. 171
General Conclusion	p. 175
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 195
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