Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the twentieth century's most prominent atheists. But his philosophy was informed by theological writers and themes in ways that have not previously been acknowledged. In
Sartre and Theology, Kirkpatrick examines Sartre's philosophical formation and rarely discussed early work, demonstrating how, and which, theology shaped Sartre's thinking. She also shows that Sartre's philosophy - especially
Being and Nothingness and
Existentialism is A Humanism - contributed to several prominent twentieth-century theologies, examining Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, and Liberation theologians rebuttals and appropriations of Sartre. For philosophers, this work opens up an unmined vein of influence on Sartre's work which illuminates his conceptual divergences from the German phenomenological tradition. And for theologians, it offers insights into a theologically informed atheism which provoked responses from some of the twentieth-century's greatest theologians - an atheism from which we can still learn much today.
An introduction to the theological education and theological legacy of one of the 20th century's most famous atheists.About the AuthorKate Kirkpatrick is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire and Lecturer in Theology at St Peter's College, University of Oxford, UK. She is the Treasurer of the UK Sartre Society
and has published several articles on Sartre and Beauvoir.
Reviews[Kirkpatrick's] findings are both surprising and convincing ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above. * CHOICE *
Book InformationISBN 9780567664495
Author Dr Kate KirkpatrickFormat Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint T.& T.Clark LtdPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 329g