Theology of Anticipation: A Constructive Study of C.S. Peirce. Annette Ejsing. Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2007. 178 pp., $22, paper. (Reviewed by John Pahucki, Drew University)


Ejsing's study of Peirce is ambitious; the task to which she has set herself is nothing less than the reconciliation of Peirce's philosophical and religious writings—a problem which has perennially challenged Peirce scholarship—grounded in a bold new interpretation of Peirce that locates him firmly within the landscape of post-Kantian philosophy. Specifically, Peirce, like the later Schelling and Wolfhart Pannenberg (both of whom receive considerable treatment) proposes a metaphysics "that is able to meet the requirements established by Kant's critical philosophy" (58). Upon this reading, Ejsing presents us with a Peircean "theology of anticipation" that overcomes the incongruity between Peirce's philosophical and religious writings by demonstrating the pivotal role that abduction plays in both.