Theological Language and the Nature of Man in Jean-Paul Sartre's Philosophy

There is no more prominent atheist today than Jean-Paul Sartre. Yet serious students of Sartre's philosophy are struck by his unabashed use of theological idiom. This use is so extensive that Professor Hazel Barnes in her translator's introduction to Being and Nothingness comments:Many peo...

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Main Author: Hopkins, Jasper (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1968]
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1968, Volume: 61, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-38
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Summary:There is no more prominent atheist today than Jean-Paul Sartre. Yet serious students of Sartre's philosophy are struck by his unabashed use of theological idiom. This use is so extensive that Professor Hazel Barnes in her translator's introduction to Being and Nothingness comments:Many people who consider themselves religious could quite comfortably accept Sartre's philosophy if he did not embarrass them by making his pronouncement, “There is no God,” quite so specific.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000027164