The debate on the so-called ‘God of philosophers’ is arisen in the western
philosophical context. This article aims to show how the debate is reappearing
in the contemporary philosophy, especially through one German philosopher,
Richard Schaeffler. He examines whether the ‘God of philosophers’ is adequate
to interpret the ‘God of religion’. Concretely he investigates what kind of
philosophical hermeneutics is useful as a tool of interpreting the Christian
religious experience. For this purpose, he reflects critically on the traditional
metaphysics, above all, on the procedure of ‘the cosmological proof of God’.
While appropriating the interest and the goal of the proof, he argues that his
‘postulatory theory of God’ which is developed from the Kant’s transcendental
philosophy is more suitable to attaining the goal. I introduced Schaeffler’s
theory with his new metapher, ‘Reading in the Book of the World’. I also
introduced the debates among the German philosophers about Schaeffler’s theory
and argument while articulating my own reflections on the debate for the
ongoing dialogue. This philosophical discussion finally aims to elucidate the
truth of religion, and in this sense, it will contribute to the purification of the
religions in Korea in an intellectual way.