Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida Marion on Modern Idolatry

Benson, Bruce Ellis

ISBN 10: 0830826793 / ISBN 13: 9780830826797

Published by IVP Academic, 2002

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Synopsis:

Examining the thought of key postmodern thinkers like Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion, Bruce Ellis Benson offers profound insight into the nature of conceptual idolatry and our need for the biblical revelation of God in Jesus Christ. Surprisingly, they are all concerned about idolatry, about the tendency we have to create God in our own image and about what we can do about it. Can we faithfully speak of God at all without interposing ourselves? If so, how? Bruce Ellis Benson explores this common concern by clearly laying out the thought of each of these postmodern thinkers against the background of modern philosophers such as Descartes, Locke and Hume and in light of the rise of phenomenology as developed by Husserl and Heidegger. All these thinkers he brings into conversation with a full range of biblical teaching. The result is an illuminating survey of some key postmodern thinkers and profound insight into the nature of conceptual idolatry. Benson also exposes some of the limitations inherent in postmodern attempts to provide a purely philosophical solution to the problem of ideological idolatry. Ultimately, he argues, there is a need for something greater than human philosophy, religion or theology--namely, the biblical revelation of God in Jesus Christ.

About the Author:

Bruce Ellis Benson is professor of philosophy and department chair at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida Marion...
Publisher: IVP Academic
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket