Steven DeLay / Kierkegaard and French Phenomenology

The Theology Mill

Steven DeLay earned his PhD in philosophy at Oxford in 2017 and is the author of several books of philosophy and fiction, including a handful now with Wipf and Stock.

In this standalone interview, Steven talks Kierkegaard, phenomenology, philosophy for Protestants, and the relationship between theology and fiction.

PODCAST LINKS:

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2023/02/07/standalone-episode-steven-delay-kierkegaard-phenomenology-and-the-relationship-between-philosophy-and-theology-and-fiction/

Steven’s author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/steven-delay/

Steven’s website: https://stevendelay.com/

Steven’s academia.edu page: https://oxford.academia.edu/StevenDeLay

Temple Coffee Roasters: https://templecoffee.com/

CONNECT:

Website: https://wipfandstock.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvht9V0Pndgvwh5vkpe0GGw

SOURCES MENTIONED:

Bergo, Bettina. Anxiety: A Philosophical History.

Chrétien, Jean-Louis. Conscience et roman 1: La conscience au grand jour.

Clemente, Matthew. “As If It Were True: An Interview with Richard Kearney.”

DeLay, Steven. In the Spirit: A Phenomenology of Faith.

———. Phenomenology in France: A Philosophical and Theological Introduction.

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment.

Falque, Emmanuel. Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology.

Fowles, John. The Magus: A Novel.

Graves, Adam J. The Phenomenology of Revelation in Heidegger, Marion, and Ricoeur.

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

Hopp, Walter. Phenomenology: A Contemporary Introduction.

Kierkegaard, Soren. Fear and Trembling.

Marion, Jean-Luc. Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness.

———. A Brief Apology for a Catholic Moment.

———. God Without Being: Hors-Texte.

———. The Idol and Distance: Five Studies.

———. Negative Certainties.

———. Reduction and Givenness: Investigations of Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology.

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées.

Plantinga, Alvin. Warranted Christian Belief.

Rudd, Anthony. Painting and Presence: Why Paintings Matter.

Sellars, Wilfrid. Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind.

OUTLINE:

(01:28) – Decaf coffee, black coffee

(04:14) – Favorite books of 2022

(07:09) – Rice University – Oxford University

(09:43) – A conversion via Kierkegaard

(12:35) – Literature – philosophy – phenomenology – theology

(16:52) – Barth, Bultmann, and Rudolf Otto

(18:46) – Why should Christians read philosophy?

(23:05) – The merits of reading atheists and agnostics

(29:13) – Heidegger, onto-theology, and negative theology

(32:45) – Phenomenology a Catholic science?

(39:38) – Philosophy for Protestants

(41:30) – The GOAT of phenomenology

(44:16) – The hermeneutical critique of phenomenology

(47:41) – Desert island: phenomenology books

(49:38) – Philosophy and fiction

(59:31) – Steven’s forthcoming work