Essay on Existentialism
Existentialism Essay Every great work makes the human face more admirable and richer, and this is its whole secret. [1] The one thing your friends will never forgive you is your happiness. - Albert Camus It is Europe’s mystery that life is no longer loved. – Albert Camus This essay on existentialism will explore the role it might play in the formation of a theological approach to humanity, clarify the place philosophy and science in relation to any notion of divine revelation, explore the strangeness of the kerygma/gospel to modern ears, gain clarity into the act of faith, and even re-examine my view of Jewish apocalyptic and eschatology and their continuing relevance for theology and church today. I take Heidegger in Being and Time as providing the pattern of existential philosophy. However, the family of existential philosophers do not all think alike, and I will broaden our understanding of the possibilities within existentialism by consideration of other authors, such as Kierke