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In his teaching and his writing, Paul L. Holmer (1916-2004), Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota (1946-1960) and Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School (1960-1987), made many important contributions to recent American theology. One of the most insightful American students of Kierkegaard of his generation, Holmer perceived early on Wittgenstein's importance for theology, and employed both thinkers to inspire his own fresh consideration of perennial issues in philosophical theology: understanding, belief, faith, the emotions, and the importance of the virtues.
While best known for his essays in 'The Grammar of Faith' (1978), Holmer penned numerous other interesting and original essays, some published but many unpublished, which circulated widely in typescript during his tenure at Yale. Following his death, the Holmer family in 2005 donated his papers to the Yale Divinity School Library; in reviewing Holmer's papers, the editors have chosen a selection of his most seminal essays, beyond those in The Grammar of Faith, demonstrating the breadth and range of his contributions.
In this, the second volume of The Paul L. Holmer Papers, the editors present pieces that illuminate four significant areas of Holmer's contributions: essays on Kierkegaard; essays on Wittgenstein; Theology, Understanding, and Faith; and Emotions, Passions, and Virtues. Taken together, these essays invite in-depth exploration of the thought of this important American philosophical theologian.
This is the second volume of The Paul L. Holmer Papers, which includes also volume 1, 'On Kierkegaard and the Truth', and volume 3, 'Communicating the Faith Indirectly: Selected Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers'.
Contents
Foreword by Don E. Saliers
Editors' Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
PART ONE: Essays on Kierkegaard
1 Kierkegaard and Philosophy
2 Kierkegaard and Logic
3 Kierkegaard and Theology
4 About Being a Person: Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling
PART TWO: Essays on Wittgenstein
5 W ittgenstein and Kierkegaard: The Subjective Thinker
6 W ittgenstein and the Self
7 W ittgenstein and Theology
PART THREE: Theology, Understanding, and Faith
8 The Academic Game and Its Logic
9 About Linguisticality and Being Able to Talk
10 About "Understanding"
11 About Understanding and Religious Belief
12 The Nature of Religious Propositions
PART FOUR: Emotions, Passions, and Virtues
13 Theology and Emotions
14 About Emotions and Passions
15 The Human Heart - The Logic of a Metaphor
16 About Happiness and the Concept, "Happiness"
17 Something about What Makes It Funny
18 The Case for the Virtues
19 About Thankfulness
Afterword: Paul L. Holmer: Self-Effacing, Swaggering, Nonpareil - David Cain
Appendix: Paul L. Holmer: A Select Bibliography
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
