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Dear Martin,
This pigeon squares up to the cat. Heidegger consistently makes a clear =
distinction between "Church doctrine" (die Kirchenlehre) and Christian =
faith (der Glaube). The references here are too many to be cited, but =
they appear in key places in the Einfuehrung in die Metaphysik, in the =
Nietzsche lectures (Der Europaeischer Nihilismus in particular) and most =
interestingly in Gelassenheit, all of which appear strongly hostile to =
Christianity, but actually support this reading.
I have yet to read a convincing case that Heidegger supported or =
envisaged some kind of neo-paganism or quietism as the expression of the =
relation to God.
Perhaps much turns on just what you regard the word "Christian" to be =
doing in your statement "whatever form genuine spirituality may take, it =
would definitely *not* be Christian".
I might tentatively advance the thesis that God is the one of whom it is =
only possible not to speak (God is the one of whom nothing can be said, =
because he is the one who utters ho logos, the Word). Such a view has =
an illustrious provenance in Christian *thinking* (as perhaps an =
alternative to Christian *metaphysics* - though I would happily concede =
I am taking a short-cut here that requires much greater elucidation) =
exemplified by (amongst others) Eckhart, Jakob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, =
Nicholas of Cusa - a (German) tradition with which Heidegger was =
thoroughly familiar.
Just in terms of Heidegger's biography, he was certainly buried as a =
Catholic (and was accorded the rights of the Church) and appears to have =
retained a lifelong loyalty of a kind to the Church.
Laurence
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