A critique of existential guilt.

Psychotherapy ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-211
Author(s):  
Prabha Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Existential Guilt

Conclusion II

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iddo Landau
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Meaning Of Life ◽  
Existential Guilt ◽  
Practical Guidelines

This chapter continues the discussion of general issues related to the meaning of life. The book has argued that to see life as meaningless is to see it as lacking a sufficient number of aspects of sufficient value. But many people describe the meaninglessness of their lives differently, mentioning existential guilt, anxiety, and despair. Others portray their meaningless lives as a joke, a lie, or an unfulfilled promise. The chapter argues that the analysis of meaninglessness presented in the book explains rather than conflicts with the ways in which people actually describe their feeling of meaninglessness. The chapter also stresses the importance of investing effort and work in enhancing meaning in life and, lastly, reviews the most crucial of the practical guidelines this book offers.

scholarly journals Growing Hope

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 583-592
Author(s):  
Evone Y.M. Phoo
Keyword(s):  
Life And Death ◽  
Existential Guilt

The experience of COVID-19 is a novel experience for most of us and has brought forth existential anxieties and questions, such as that of our vulnerabilities, responsibilities, existential guilt, fear of life and death, freedom and isolation, and hope and despair. This article reflects the author’s existential journey during the lockdown of COVID-19, as the author pondered on the deeper meanings of this experience, and how hope can be found amid this crisis.

Existential Guilt and Preferential Treatment

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 591-599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna S. Mattila ◽  
Lydia Hanks ◽  
Lu Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Preferential Treatment ◽  
Existential Guilt

Does Paul Need to Be Saved?

2005 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Setzer
Keyword(s):  
Early Christianity ◽  
Multiple Identities ◽  
Existential Guilt ◽  
God's People ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Cross ◽  
The Individual

AbstractWhile many liberal Jews have endorsed Jesus as one of their own for at least a century, Paul has often borne the blame for injecting anti-Judaism into early Christianity. The work of these scholars helps overturn these judgments against Paul. Several emphases of their work help us to better appreciate Paul as a pedagogue of multiple identities. 1) Being "in Christ" and being part of Israel are compatible, not contradictory identities for Paul. 2) Paul believes that Gentiles, by being "in Christ" come under the umbrella of Israel, even without circumcision or conversion. 3) Paul's mission as the teacher to the Gentiles shapes every aspect of his rhetoric and message. 4) Paul is animated by the question of Gentile inclusion in God's people, not the existential guilt of the individual. This article also poses four questions as we pursue this approach to Paul. 1) Why does Paul, the robust Jew who continues to believe in Israel's election, so virulently oppose Gentile circumcision or conversion, which was part of the Judaism of his time? 2) What is the role of the cross, which does not spring from the language and myths of Israel, in Paul's thought? 3) Does Paul think he is doing anything new, particularly since he uses the language of novelty? 4) How much does Paul need to be "saved," i.e. made to conform to our contemporary standards, for us to appreciate him as part of our experience and traditions?

Existential guilt

2018 ◽  
pp. 41-43
Author(s):  
Emmy van Deurzen ◽  
Claire Arnold-Baker
Keyword(s):  
Existential Guilt
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