God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion

"... 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.