Redeeming Nietzsche by Giles Fraser

Redeeming Nietzsche by Giles Fraser

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While the atheist Nietzsche is well known, the pious Nietzsche is seldom recognised and understood. Fraser traces the failures of Nietzsche's salvation theology to an inability to face the depths of human suffering.

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Redeeming Nietzsche by Giles Fraser

Best known for having declared the death of God, Nietzsche was a thinker thoroughly absorbed in the Christian tradition in which he was born and raised. Yet while the atheist Nietzsche is well known, the pious Nietzsche is seldom recognized and rarely understood. Redeeming Nietzsche examines the residual theologian in the most vociferous of atheists. Giles Fraser demonstrates that although Nietzsche rejected God, he remained obsessed with the question of human salvation. Examining his accounts of art, truth, morality and eternity, Nietzsche's thought is revealed to be

"Redeeming Nietzshe is a refreshing and enjoyable book, which is much to be recommended for it's many new insights on the theme of Nietzsche and Christianity" - Oliver Davies, Church Times

Giles Fraser is a Lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, University of Oxford. He is also the Vicar of Putney.
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ISBN 13 9780415272919
ISBN 10 0415272912
Title Redeeming Nietzsche
Author Giles Fraser
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-01-24
Number of pages 208
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