Unfinished Man And The Imagination: Toward An Ontology And A Rhetoric Of Revelation
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A landmark work in philosophical theology and hermeneutics, Unfinished Man and the Imagination: Toward an Ontology and a Rhetoric of Revelation presents a rigorous and ambitious argument for the centrality of imagination in human existence and religious experience. Ray L. Hart argues that the human being is fundamentally an unfinished creature — one whose very incompleteness opens the possibility of revelation and self-transcendence through the imaginative act. Drawing on a rich synthesis of phenomenology, existentialism, and literary theory, the work constructs a detailed ontology in which language, image, and symbol are not mere ornaments of thought but the very medium through which being discloses itself. Written in a dense, scholarly tone that rewards careful reading, it engages thinkers from Heidegger and Ricoeur to classical theological sources, illustrating how a rhetoric of revelation must be grounded in the structures of human imagination. This foundational text remains essential reading for scholars of theology, philosophy of religion, and the humanities broadly conceived.
Author: Ray L. Hart
Format: Hardback
Published: 1968, Herder and Herder
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A landmark work in philosophical theology and hermeneutics, Unfinished Man and the Imagination: Toward an Ontology and a Rhetoric of Revelation presents a rigorous and ambitious argument for the centrality of imagination in human existence and religious experience. Ray L. Hart argues that the human being is fundamentally an unfinished creature — one whose very incompleteness opens the possibility of revelation and self-transcendence through the imaginative act. Drawing on a rich synthesis of phenomenology, existentialism, and literary theory, the work constructs a detailed ontology in which language, image, and symbol are not mere ornaments of thought but the very medium through which being discloses itself. Written in a dense, scholarly tone that rewards careful reading, it engages thinkers from Heidegger and Ricoeur to classical theological sources, illustrating how a rhetoric of revelation must be grounded in the structures of human imagination. This foundational text remains essential reading for scholars of theology, philosophy of religion, and the humanities broadly conceived.