Words of Life: New Theological Turns in French Phenomenology

Published by Fordham University Press 2010

Words of Life

New Theological Turns in French Phenomenology

Edited by: Bruce Ellis Benson and Norman Wirzba

In the series Perspectives in Continental Philosophy

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823293605

Overview
Contents

About this book

Words of Life is the sequel and companion to Phenomenology and the "Theological Turn," edited by Dominique Janicaud, Jean-Francois Courtine, Jean-Louis Chrétien, Michel Henry, Jean-Luc Marion, and Paul Ricoeur. In that volume, Janicaud accuses Levinas, Henry, Marion, and Chrétien of "veering" from phenomenological neutrality to a theologically inflected phenomenology. By contrast, the contributors to this collection interrogate whether phenomenology's proper starting point is agnostic or atheistic. Many hold the view that phenomenology after the theological turn may very well be true both to itself and to the phenomenological "things themselves." In one way or another, all of these essays contend with the limits and expectations of phenomenology. As such, they are all concerned with what counts as "proper" phenomenology and even the very structure of phenomenology. None of them, however, is limited to such questions. Indeed, the rich tapestry that they weave tells us much about human experience. Themes such as faith, hope, love, grace, the gift, the sacraments, the words of Christ, suffering, joy, life, the call, touch, listening, wounding, and humility are woven throughout the various meditations in this volume. The contributors use striking examples to illuminate the structure and limits of phenomenology and, in turn, phenomenology serves to clarify those very examples. Thus practice clarifies theory and theory clarifies practice, resulting in new theological turns and new life for phenomenology. The volume showcases the work of both senior and junior scholars, including Jean-Luc Marion, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Kevin Hart, Anthony J. Steinbock, Jeffrey Bloechl, Jeffrey L. Kosky, Clayton Crockett, Brian Treanor, and Christina Gschwandtner-as well as the editors themselves.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Bruce Ellis Benson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Reflections on the Theological Turn
Continuing to Look for God in France: On the Relationship Between Phenomenology and Theology J. Aaron Simmons Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Being Without God Jeffrey Bloechl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
The Appearing and the Irreducible Jean-Yves Lacoste Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
‘‘it / is true’’ Kevin Hart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
PART II Jean-Luc Marion
The Phenomenality of the Sacrament— Being and Givenness Jean-Luc Marion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
The Human in Question: Augustinian Dimensions in Jean-Luc Marion Jeffrey L. Kosky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
The Poor Phenomenon: Marion and the Problem of Givenness Anthony J. Steinbock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
PART III Michel Henry
Michel Henry’s Theory of Disclosive Moods Jeffrey Hanson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Can We Hear the Voice of God? Michel Henry and the Words of Christ Christina M. Gschwandtner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Radical Phenomenology Reveals a Measure of Faith and a Need for a Levinasian Other in Henry’s Life Ronald L. Mercer Jr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
The Truth of Life: Michel Henry on Marx Clayton Crockett Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
PART IV Jean-Louis Chrétien
The Call of Grace Henri de Lubac, Jean-Louis Chrétien, and the Theological Conditions of Christian Radical Phenomenology Joshua Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Between Call and Voice: The Antiphonal Thought of Jean-Louis Chrétien Joseph Ballan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Chrétien on the Call That Wounds Bruce Ellis Benson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	208
Embodied Ears: Being in the World and Hearing the Other Brian Treanor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
The Witness of Humility Norman Wirzba Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 272

eBook

Published: March 24, 2022
ISBN: 9780823293605