Graven Ideologies: Nietzsche, Derrida & Marion on Modern Idolatry by Bruce Ellis Benson (IVP: 2002)How can we talk about God without just projecting our own wishes and fears? Might not a lot of what passes for theology really just be anthropology writ large, as Feuerbach claimed? Perhaps surprisingly for some, Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion are three philosophers with a lot to say to theology on this matter. Benson explores these three thinkers against the background of Descartes, Locke, Hume, Husserl and Heidegger in order to expose our idolatrous tendency to make God in our own image.
This book sounds reminiscent of Faith and Suspicion: the religious uses of modern atheism by Merold Westphal and comes with high praise from Drew. I'm looking forward to it - how I will decide on a reading order for all these new books, I'm not sure. At the moment, I'm still plugging through Bleak House while I dip into each and try to decide...
When can we start reading the Hart? Got a plan for how we should tackle it?
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd already started. I've skimmed the first five pages. How quickly do you want to get through it? I'm flexible - though probably have a slight preference for not going super-fast as I'm also trying to get through a few other things.
ReplyDeletewell, I already startd, but I stopped again so I could wait for you.
ReplyDeletechapter a week?
Sure - how many chapters have you already read?
ReplyDeleteI am up to p. 28.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you can meet me there!