RT Article
T1 Jean-Paul Sartre: Mystical Atheist or Mystical Anthipathist
JF European journal for philosophy of religion
VO 5
IS 2
SP 159
OP 168
A1 Kirkpatrick, Kate 1984-
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1567181228
AB Jean-Paul sartre is rarely discussed in the philosophy of religion. In 2009, however, Jerome Gellman broke the silence, publishing an article in this journal in which he argued that the source of sartre’s atheism was neither philosophical nor existential, but mystical. Drawing from several of sartre’s works - including Being and Nothingness, Words, and a 1943 review entitled ‘A New mystic’ - I argue that there are strong biographical and philosophical reasons to disagree with Gellman’s conclusion that sartre was a ‘mystical atheist’. moreover, I question the likelihood of drawing any definitive conclusions regarding the sources of sartre’s ambiguous atheism.
DO 10.24204/ejpr.v5i2.239