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Givenness and God : questions of Jean-Luc Marion

By LEASK , Ian Graham; Marion , Jean-Luc; Marion , Jean-Luc; Cassidy , Eoin G

Book information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0-8232-2450-3, 9780823224500, 9780823247912, 0823247910, 0-8232-2451-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1769179 bytes)
Series
Perspectives in continental philosophy no. 43
Edition
1st ed
Pages
346\367
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
-- 1946- Marion-- 1946-. PHILOSOPHY / ReligiousJean-LucMarion

Description

After the subject and beyond Heideggerian ontology,Marion suggests, there is the sheer givenness ofphenomena without condition. In theology, this liberationmeans rethinking God in terms of phenomena such aslove, gift, and excess. In addition to an important essayby Marion, The Reason of the Gift, and a dialoguebetween Marion and Richard Kearney, this book containsstimulating essays by ten other contributors: Lilian Alweiss,Eoin Cassidy, Mark Dooley, Brian Elliott, Ian Leask,Shane Mackinlay, Derek Morrow, John O'Donohue,Joseph S. O'Leary, and Felix à Murchadha. After the subject and beyond Heideggerian ontology, Marion suggests, there is the givenness of phenomena without condition. In theology, this liberation means rethinking God in terms of phenomena such as love, gift, and excess. In addition to an important essay by Marion, The Reason of the Gift, and a dialogue between Marion and Richard Kearney, this book contains stimulating essays by ten other contributors: Lilian Alweiss, Eoin Cassidy, Mark Dooley, Brian Elliott, Ian Leask, Shane Mackinlay, Derek Morrow, John O'Donohue, Joseph S. O'Leary, and Felix à Murchadha

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