Thinking the Unknowable

Louis Dupre was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at Yale. He was the author of Religion and the Rise of Modern Culture and The Quest of the Absolute: Birth and Decline of European Romanticism. Peter J. Casarella is a professor of theology at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of multiple books, including The Whole Is Greater Than Its Parts: Ecumenism and Inter-religious Encounters in the Age of Pope Francis.

Foreword by Peter Casarella 1. Philosophy and Faith Part 1. Farewell to a Symbolic World 2. The Modern Idea of Culture and Its Opposition to Its Classical and Medieval Origins 3. The Fragmentation of the Symbolic World 4. The Sources of Modern Atheism Part 2. Philosophical Reinterpretations of Theology 5. Hegel's Spirit and the Religious Idea of God as Spirit 6. Philosophical Reflections on the Mystery of Creation 7. Evil and the Limits of Theodicy 8. Intimations of Immortality Part 3. Phenomenology: Philosophy Reopens its Doors to Mystery 9. Phenomenology of Religion: Limits and Possibilities 10. Phenomenology and Religious Truth 11. The Enigma of Religious Art 12. Ritual: The Sacralization of Time Part 4. Mysticism: The Silence of Faith 13. Is a Natural Desire of God Possible? 14. Mysticism and Philosophy 15. Justifying the Mystical Experience

"A marvel of intellectual probity and learning. It's safe to say that Thinking the Unknowable will become a standard introduction for anyone seeking an informed, efficient, and clearly argued introduction to the field of philosophical theology." -Thomas Pfau, author of Incomprehensible Certainty