A lecture by prof. Holger Zaborowski

The Faculty of Theology invites you to a lecture by prof. Holger Zaborowski (University of Erfurt) with the title In Search of the Divine God. Heidegger, the Transformative Art of Philosophy and Religion on Wednesday, 26 February 2025, at 10:30, Lecture room 4.

The lecture turns to Heidegger's religious origins and shows the extent to which his study of theology and his Christian faith shaped his entire way of thinking. It briefly traces key moments of his early religious formation and then discusses the extent to which Heidegger's way of thinking can be understood against this background. In addition to his early Catholic phase, various phases can be distinguished in which Heidegger searched for God in different ways: the period 1) of the early Freiburg lectures, 2) of “Being and Time”, 3) of the “Contributions to Philosophy” and 4) of his late work. If Heidegger's thinking can be described as the “art of living” in its performative character, it becomes clear that this is also due to this religious formation and its importance for his understanding and implementation of philosophy.

Holger Zaborowski is Professor of Philosophy at the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Erfurt (Germany) and an internationally renowned expert on Heidegger.