I am happy to announce that my article on Nietzsche and miracle has been published! It was published in the journal Religions and is part of a special issue on “The Intersection of Phenomenology and Religion.” You can see it online here and download a pdf.

I am also putting a pdf of it here.

Here is the abstract:

This paper considers the experience of miracle through the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Although he is often considered an anti-religious thinker, I argue that Nietzsche actually puts forth a positive conception of miracle because of its indispensable role in the creation of myth. I walk through Nietzsche’s texts to describe his account of miracle (Wunder) and to demonstrate how it reveals a phenomenological perspective on miracle by placing it and rooting it in human life. Despite his rejection of traditional religion, Nietzsche reminds us that miracles are not an anomaly to human experience, but rather they are the way in which humans are able to embrace and affirm life through participation in myth.