Books by Merold Westphal

A comparative study of the thought of Levinas and Kierkegaard

Explores the convergences between postmodern philosophies and religious belief and thought

Discusses Hegel's phenomenology. This book emphasizes the relevance of Hegel's Phenomenology to contemporary philosophical issues.

"Westphal here brings together his discussions over the last decade of how Christianity can and should engage and appropriate post-modernism...it's easily the best contribution to the discussion that I know of."-Nicholas Wolterstorff, Yale University

This work argues that the appropriate religious response to suspicion of its beliefs is not to try to refute or deflect them, but rather to acknowledge their force in a process of self-examination.

Seeks to rethink divine transcendence in relation to modes of human self-transcendence. Touching upon Spinoza, Hegel, Augustine, Pseudo-Dionysius, Aquinas, Barth, Kierkegaard, Levinas, Derrida, and Marion, this work centres around a critique of onto-theology, the importance of alterity, the decentered self, and the autonomous transcendental ego.

A renowned philosopher introduces contemporary issues in philosophical hermeneutics related to the church's task of interpreting the Bible.