The Returning of God, Who May Be: the Conception of Anatheism in Kearney’s Hermeneutics of Religion

Abstract

The article deals with the conception of anatheism in R. Kearney“™s hermeneutics of religion. Anatheism, which is described as a “˜secondary faith beyond faith“™, inevitably transforms the conception of eschatology. The anathe­istic faith appears not only as a refusal of ontotheological image of God, but also as a response to the question “˜who “˜is coming“™ after the “˜God“™s death“™“™. The aim of the article is to highlight the conception of eschatology, developing the idea of returning God, Who May Be , analyzing the relation between anatheism and Deity as Persona and describing the features of anatheistic faith.