The Religion of Existence

“Keen insight…reveals existentialism as one more chapter in Christianity’s history.”— Journal of the American Academy of Religion   The Religion of Existence reopens an old debate on an important question: What was existentialism? At the heart of existentialism, Noreen Khawaja argues, is a story about secular thought experimenting with the traditions of European Christianity. This book explores how a distinctly Protestant asceticism formed the basis for the chief existentialist ideal, perso