God, Guilt, and Death

by Merold Westphal

Published December 1984

" . . . a profoundly stimulating and satisfying piece of philosophy. . . . It is a book from which one really can learn something worthwhile." -Idealistic Studies

" . . . exceptionally well-written philosophy of religion . . . " -Mentalities

" . . . a most impressive phenomenology of religion . . . a splendid achievement . . . " -The Reformed Theological Review

" . . . challenging to scholars . . . interesting to general audiences." -International Journal for Philosophy of Religion

" . . . equal in clarity of thought and comprehensiveness of scope. . . . profoundly original." -The Reformed Journal

"Challenging and thought-provoking, this makes a fine . . . textbook in the philosophy of religion." -Religious Studies Review

" . . . its virtues as a textbook in phenomenology or philosophy of religion are extraordinary." -Faith and Philosophy

Examples from the writings of Kierkegaard, Freud, Heidegger, Dostoyevsky, Nietzsche, and Tolstoi illuminate Westphal's thesis that guilt and death are the central problems of human existence.