Beschreibung
In its first section, the second of four volumes of interdisciplinary studies of 'life' deals with the proof and the enhancement of the concept of life in works ranging from Kierkegaard and Darwin to Freud. The second section explores turning points and disruptions. The authors begin by outlining the term 'life' in medicine, technology and art. This is followed by a detailed observation of various forms of reflecting on the purpose of life, primarily in philosophy. The volume concludes with a theological stock-taking in the form of a theology of life, which points out the different ways in which the subject of life is dealt with in European cultural history and why the discourse on life has its own history of conflicts. Those discussions which are relevant for the Christian traditions, either directly or latently, are of particular interest.
Autorenporträt
Gerald Hartung (Herausgegeben von) ist Professor für Philosophie an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal. Tom Kleffmann (Herausgegeben von) Born 1960; studies in philosophy, history, and theology in Göttingen and Tübingen; 1993 doctorate; 1998 ordination; 2001 habilitation; 2005-06 visiting professor at Humboldt University Berlin; Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Kassel; Corresponding Member of the Niedersächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen Stephan Schaede (Herausgegeben von) Geboren 1963; 2004-10 Theologischer Referent und ab 2006 Leiter des Arbeitsbereiches Religion, Recht und Kultur der FEST; seit April 2010 Direktor der Evangelischen Akademie Loccum.
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