The phenomenology of religious life - Heidegger, Martin (Indiana University Press, 2010)
Publisher's description: The Phenomenology of Religious Life presents the text of Heidegger's important 1920-21 lectures on religion. First published in 1995 as volume 60 of the Gesamtausgabe, the work reveals a young Heidegger searching for the striking language that eventually formed the mature expression of his thought. The volume consists of the famous lecture course "Introduction to the Phenomenology of Religion," a course on "Augustine and Neoplatonism," and notes for a course on "The Philosophical Foundations of Medieval Mysticism" that was never delivered. Heidegger's engagements with Aristotle, St. Paul, Augustine, and Luther give readers a sense of what phenomenology would come to mean in his later works. Here, Heidegger reveals an impressive display of theological knowledge, protecting Christian life experience from Greek philosophy and defending Paul against Nietzsche. The appearance of this first English translation marks a significant event in Heidegger scholarship and affords a unique look into his phenomenology
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction to the phenomenology of religion. Methodological introduction : philosophy, factical life experience, and the phenomenology of religion. The formation of philosophical concepts and factical life experience -- Current tendencies of the philosophy of religion -- The phenomenon of the historical -- Formalization and formal indication -- Phenomenological explication of concrete religious phenomena in connection with the Letters of Paul. Phenomenological interpretation of the Letters to the Galatians -- Task and object of the philosophy of religion -- Phenomenological explication of The first letter to the Thessalonians -- The second letter to the Thessalonians -- Characteristics of early Christian life experience -- Appendix: Notes and sketches on the lecture -- Augustine and neo-Platonism. Introductory part : interpretations of Augustine -- Main part : phenomenological interpretation of confessions; Book X -- Appendix I: Notes and sketches for the lecture course -- Appendix II: Supplements from the notes of Oskar Becker -- The philosophical foundations of medieval mysticism