Merold Westphal

Merold Westphal (born 1940) is an American philosopher who is distinguished emeritus professor of philosophy at Fordham University, and an Honorary Professor at Australian Catholic University.^[1] Westphal is one of the preeminent thinkers in the field of continental philosophy of religion.^[2][3][4][5]

Biography

Westphal is a distinguished philosopher who graduated summa cum laude from Wheaton College, Illinois and earned his Ph.D. in philosophy as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale University in 1967. He began teaching at Wheaton before joining the Yale philosophy faculty, where he became a fellow of Jonathan Edwards College and was promoted to associate professor in 1972. In 1987, he joined Fordham University as Professor of Philosophy, later serving as director of Graduate Studies and being named Distinguished Professor in 1997. Westphal has also taught at Juniata College, Loyola College in Maryland, Villanova University, Harvard Divinity School, and Fuller Theological Seminary.^[1]

Westphal has also held leadership roles in several philosophical organizations, serving as president of the Hegel Society of America and the Søren Kierkegaard Society, executive co-director of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, and as a board member of the American Philosophical Association.^[1]

Publications

• Westphal, Merold (2017). In Praise of Heteronomy. Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1zxz1pf. ISBN 978-0-253-02638-5. JSTOR j.ctt1zxz1pf^[6]
• History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology, Third Edition. Indiana University Press. 22 September 1998. ISBN 978-0-253-21221-4.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12]}
• Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity. SUNY Press. January 1992. ISBN 978-0-7914-1015-8.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18]}
• Method and speculation in Hegel's Phenomenology. Humanities Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-391-02336-9.^{[19][20][21][22]}
• God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion. Indiana University Press. 1984. ISBN 978-0-253-32586-0.^[23][24]

Articles

• Westphal, M. (1968). "In Defense of the Thing in Itself". Kant-Studien. 59 (1–4). doi:10.1515/kant.1968.59.1-4.118
• Westphal, Merold (2000). "Hegel and Onto-Theology". Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain. 21 (1–2): 142–165. doi:10.1017/S026352320000745X

References

1. ^ "Merold Westphal | Socrates in the City". Socrates in the City |. 2017-12-06. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
2. ^ Sands, Justin (2018). Reasoning from Faith: Fundamental Theology in Merold Westphal?s Philosophy of Religion. Indiana University Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctt1zxxz58. ISBN 978-0-253-03193-8. JSTOR j.ctt1zxxz58
3. ^ Putt, B. Keith (2009-06-15). Gazing Through a Prism Darkly. Fordham University Press. doi:10.5422/fso/9780823230457.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-8232-3045-7.
4. ^ Шевченко, Сергій. "Екзистенціальна теологія Мерольда Вестфаля як розвиток ідей С.К'єркегора в добу Постмодерну. | Українське Релігієзнавство" (in Ukrainian). doi:10.32420/2016.79.681
5. ^ Rohr, Dave (2014-02-05). "Merold Westphal on "What is Philosophy of Religion?" | Philosophy of Religion". Retrieved 2025-06-11.
6. ^ Lynch, Greg (2018-06-01). "Merold Westphal: In praise of heteronomy: making room for revelation". International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. 83 (3): 309–314. doi:10.1007/s11153-018-9660-7. ISSN 1572-8684
7. ^ Moran, Dermot (May 1985). "Merold Westphal, History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology. Brighton, Harvester Press and Atlantic Heights, Humanities Press, 1982, pp. v, 233.". Hegel Bulletin. 6 (1): 21–24. doi:10.1017/S0263523200007205. ISSN 0263-5232
8. ^ St., L. (1981). "Review of History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology". Hegel-Studien. 16: 293–294. ISSN 0073-1587. JSTOR 26597172
9. ^ G., C. (1980). "Review of History and Truth in Hegel's "Phenomenology"". The Review of Metaphysics. 34 (1): 168–170. ISSN 0034-6632. JSTOR 20127489
10. ^ Wilkins, Burleigh T. (1980). "Review of History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology". The Philosophical Review. 89 (4): 647–648. doi:10.2307/2184744. ISSN 0031-8108. JSTOR 2184744
11. ^ Lagree-Deliau, Jacqueline (1981). "Review of History and truth in Hegel's phenomenology". Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale. 86 (4): 563–565. ISSN 0035-1571. JSTOR 40902360
12. ^ Harris, H. S. (1980). "Review of History and Truth in Hegel's Phenomenology". Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. 41 (1/2): 239–241. doi:10.2307/2107409. ISSN 0031-8205. JSTOR 2107409
13. ^ Kain, Philip J. (January 1993). "Merold Westphal, Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity, Albany: SUNY Press, 1992, pp xviii + 295, Hb 18.95". Hegel Bulletin. 14 (1–2): 73–76. doi:10.1017/S0263523200005127. ISSN 0263-5232
14. ^ Walsh, Terrance G. (1995). "The Essence of Believe: The Place of Religion in Hegel's System". Hegel-Studien. 30: 235–247. Merklinger, Philip (ed.). ISSN 0073-1587. JSTOR 26598459
15. ^ Fitzer, Joseph (1993). "Review of Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity". The Journal of Religion. 73 (3): 416–417. doi:10.1086/489205. ISSN 0022-4189. JSTOR 1205098
16. ^ Rockmore, Tom (1993). "Review of Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity". The Review of Metaphysics. 46 (4): 881–882. ISSN 0034-6632. JSTOR 20129446
17. ^ De Vos, L. (1994). "Review of Hegel, Freedom, and Modernity (SUNY Series in Hegelian Studies)". Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 56 (2): 387. ISSN 1370-575X. JSTOR 40887060
18. ^ Gessmann, Martin (1994). "Neuere angelsächsische Hegel-Literatur". Philosophische Rundschau. 41 (1): 36–52. Inwood, Michael J. (ed.). ISSN 0031-8159. JSTOR 42572100
19. ^ Bernstein, J. (November 1982). "Merold Westphal (ed.), Method and Speculation in Hegel's Phenomenology, (Brighton, Harvester Press, 1982), pp. 137, £20.00.". Hegel Bulletin. 3 (2): 33–36. doi:10.1017/S0263523200006832. ISSN 0263-5232
20. ^ Nicholson, Peter P. (1983-11-01). "Method and Speculation in Hegel's Phenomenology". Idealistic Studies. 13 (3): 268–269. doi:10.5840/idstudies198313317
21. ^ Lamb, David (1983-11-01). "Method and Speculation in Hegel's Phenomenology". The Owl of Minerva. 14 (4): 7–8. doi:10.5840/owl19831447
22. ^ Sözer, Önay (1988). "Phänomenologie Des Geistes in Gewandelten Perspektiven". Hegel-Studien. 23: 291–303. Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (ed.). ISSN 0073-1587. JSTOR 26597718
23. ^ Thomas, J. Heywood (1988-01-01). "God, Guilt and Death, an Existential Phenomenology of Religion, by Merold Westphal". Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. 19 (2): 212–214. doi:10.1080/00071773.1988.11007867. ISSN 0007-1773
24. ^ Perkins, Robert L. (1989-03-01). "Merold Westphal., God, Guilt, and Death: An Existential Phenomenology of Religion". International Studies in Philosophy. 21 (1): 124–126. doi:10.5840/intstudphil1989211128