Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics

Does religious thinking stand in opposition to postmodernity? Does the
existence of God present the ultimate challenge to metaphysics? Strands of
continental thought, especially those running from Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger,
focus on individual consciousness as the horizon for all meaning and provide modern
philosophy of religion with much of its present ferment. In Religious Experience and
the End of Metaphysics, 11 influential continental philosophers share the conviction
that religious thinking cannot afford to disengage from the challenges of modern
European philosophy. Together they provide a rich and intriguing set of answers to
questions surrounding the meaning of religious experience. Topics include
subjectivity, selfhood, and rationality; language, community, and ethics; the
influence of Jewish and eastern religions on religious experience; God as
phenomenology; and religion in the postmodern age. These lucid and arresting essays
bring together many of the leading voices in the contemporary continental debate on
God and religion.

Jeffrey Bloechl is Edward Bennett Williams Fellow and Assistant Professor
of Philosophy at the College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester,
MA.

Contributors are Jeffrey Bloechl, Emilio Brito, John D.
Caputo, Richard A. Cohen, Kevin Hart, Jean-Yves Lacoste, John C. Maraldo, Joseph S.
O'Leary, Adriaan Peperzak, Ben Vedder, and Ignace Verhack.