The Presence of God and the Presence of Persons

✍ Scribed by James Kellenberger

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Palgrave Pivot
• Year: 2019
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 104
• Series: Palgrave Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book treats the presence of God and the presence of persons. The experience of the presence of God is a well-recognized religious experience in theistic traditions. The experience of the presence of persons, this book argues, is an analogous moral experience. As it is possible for individuals to come into the presence of God – to have this phenomenal experience – so it is possible for them to come into the presence of persons.

Kellenberger explores how coming into the presence of persons is structurally analogous with coming into the presence of God. Providing a highly focused analysis of the two seemingly distinct concepts, normally thought to fall under different subfields of philosophy, the chapters carefully draw paralells between them. Kellenberger then goes on show how, analogous to “the death of God,” a loss of the consciousness of the reality of God and his presence, is a “death of persons”, felt as a loss of the sense of the inherent worth of persons and their presence. This volume finishes with an examination of the concrete moral and religio-ethical implications of coming into the presence of persons, and in particular the implications of coming into the presence of all persons.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
Introduction (James Kellenberger)....Pages 1-6
The Presence of Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 7-10
The Moral Import of Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 11-16
A Relationship to Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 17-22
An Affective Response to Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 23-27
The Recognition of the Inherent Worth of Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 29-40
The Presence of God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 41-46
The Religious Import of God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 47-50
A Relationship to God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 51-55
An Affective Response to God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 57-60
The Recognition of God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 61-65
The Presence of Persons and the Presence of God (James Kellenberger)....Pages 67-76
The Death of God and the Death of Persons (James Kellenberger)....Pages 77-85
Moral and Religio-Moral Implications (James Kellenberger)....Pages 87-92
Back Matter ....Pages 93-99

✦ Subjects

Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion