Unamuno and Religious Faith [Spanish]

Authors

  • Emanuel José Maroco Santos Licenciado en filosofia por la Universidad de Coimbra (Portugal) Doctor en filosofia por la Universidad de Salamanca (España)

Keywords:

Philosophy, theology

Abstract

Our proposal here is to analyse the concept of “faith” as it arises in Unamuno’s writings throughout his extensive intellectual work. In doing so, we shall attempt to determine the essential characteristics of that concept according to the proposals of the famous Rector of Salamanca, who, inspired by the “primitive Christian commu­nities”, looked askance at the “rational” and “dogmatic” faith built in the mould of scholasticism. In our analyses of Unamuno’s conception of faith, we pay particular attention to the notions of “virility” and “femininity” of faith. Doing so we try to highlight the “metaphysical pessimism” into which he fell towards the end of his life (1931-1936), when he became incapable of believing in transcendence based on his own conception of religious belief, which he had begun to define in 1900 with the publication of his essay “Faith”.

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2017-11-20

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No. 28 (2018): January-June 2018

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