Deborah Casewell

Lecturer in Philosophy of Religion, University of Chester, UK

Deborah Casewell is lecturer in philosophy of religion at the University of Chester and co-director of the UK-based Simone Weil Network. She is the author of Eberhard Jüngel and Existence: Being Before the Cross (2021) and Monotheism and Existentialism (2022).

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Written by Deborah Casewell

A man with a basket walks down a cobbled street through the ruins of destroyed buildings, evoking a post-war scene.

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Thinkers and theories

Forgotten existentialist

Sartre gets much of the credit for existentialism. Karl Jaspers not only preceded him, but offered a way out of despair

Deborah Casewell

Monochrome sketch of adults and children huddled together, some with hands covering faces. Rough pencil strokes, paper background.

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Thinkers and theories

A just and loving gaze

Simone Weil: mystic, philosopher, activist. Her ethics demand that we look beyond the personal and find the universal

Deborah Casewell