Böcker av Renee Kohler-Ryan

The contemporary philosopher William Desmond has many companions inthought, and one of the most important of these is Augustine. In lucid prosethat draws on the riches of a vibrant philosophical-theological tradition,Rene Khler-Ryan explores Desmond's metaxological philosophy. Shebrings together philosophy, theology and literature to elaborate on theconversation that Desmond's philosophical work in discovering how humans areconstantly 'between' sustains with a tradition of thinkers that also includesPlato, Thomas Aquinas and Shakespeare.Whether considering how our elemental wonder at creation brings uscloser to God, or how our most intimate revelations about being human happen inthe interior space of prayer, reading Desmond with Augustine illuminates aporous and interdisciplinary space of inquiry. With a foreword from Desmondhimself, Companions in the Between is a unique contribution to thegrowing body of scholarship on his thought. Khler-Ryan's analysis will enticeany reader who wants to know more about how contemporary philosophy can contesta space where philosophers are formulaically expected to shy away from divinetranscendence.