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William Franke is an eminent scholar in comparative literature, who is schooled in philosophy and religion. He is recognized as one of the most creative contemporary thinkers working at the double intersection of philosophy and literature and philosophy and theology. A Philosophy of the Unsayable shows an intellectual grasp of a dizzying array of discourses and sheds real light on all thinkers who are discussed. --Cyril O'Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame Strongly reflecting academic debates of the last thirty years, Franke's book is not quite a research monograph and not quite a course book but a thoughtful, provoking and often helpful exploration of an intellectually and spiritually demanding discourse. --Theology William Franke has emerged as our foremost purveyor of what cannot be said. . . . We should be grateful for this extended articulation, since it also informs us why the unsayable must be said. . . . Given its breadth--the range of thinkers and thought that is covered--and its challenge--to keep open 'conscious human reflection that refuses to be cut off from the mystery of its ground'--this is a remarkable text, and deserves close attention at every level. --Literature & Theology

William Franke has emerged as our foremost purveyor of what cannot be said. . . . We should be grateful for this extended articulation, since it also informs us why the unsayable must be said. . . . Given its breadth--the range of thinkers and thought that is covered--and its challenge--to keep open 'conscious human reflection that refuses to be cut off from the mystery of its ground'--this is a remarkable text, and deserves close attention at every level. --Literature & Theology

William Franke is an eminent scholar in comparative literature, who is schooled in philosophy and religion. He is recognized as one of the most creative contemporary thinkers working at the double intersection of philosophy and literature and philosophy and theology. A Philosophy of the Unsayable shows an intellectual grasp of a dizzying array of discourses and sheds real light on all thinkers who are discussed. --Cyril O'Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame William Franke has emerged as our foremost purveyor of what cannot be said. . . . We should be grateful for this extended articulation, since it also informs us why the unsayable must be said. . . . Given its breadth--the range of thinkers and thought that is covered--and its challenge--to keep open 'conscious human reflection that refuses to be cut off from the mystery of its ground'--this is a remarkable text, and deserves close attention at every level. --Literature & Theology

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William Franke is professor of comparative literature and religious studies at Vanderbilt University and past professor of philosophy and religions at the University of Macao (2013–16). He is a research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung and has been Fulbright-University of Salzburg Distinguished Chair in Intercultural Theology and Study of Religions. He is the author of A Philosophy of the Unsayable (University of Notre Dame Press, 2014).

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