Words of Life : : New Theological Turns in French Phenomenology / / ed. by Bruce Ellis Benson, Norman Wirzba.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
• MitwirkendeR: Ballan, Joseph,; Benson, Bruce Ellis,; Bloechl, Jeffrey,; Crockett, Clayton,; Davis, Joshua,; Gschwandtner, Christina M.,; Hanson, Jeffrey,; Hart, Kevin,; Kosky, Jeffrey L.,; Lacoste, Jean-Yves,; Marion, Jean-Luc,; Mercer Jr, Ronald L.,; Simmons, J. Aaron,; Steinbock, Anthony J.,; Treanor, Brian,; Wirzba, Norman,
• HerausgeberIn: Benson, Bruce Ellis,; Wirzba, Norman,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Reflections on the Theological Turn -- Continuing to Look for God in France: On the Relationship Between Phenomenology and Theology -- Being Without God -- The Appearing and the Irreducible -- ‘‘it / is true’’ -- PART II Jean-Luc Marion -- The Phenomenality of the Sacrament— Being and Givenness -- The Human in Question: Augustinian Dimensions in Jean-Luc Marion -- The Poor Phenomenon: Marion and the Problem of Givenness -- PART III Michel Henry -- Michel Henry’s Theory of Disclosive Moods -- Can We Hear the Voice of God? Michel Henry and the Words of Christ -- Radical Phenomenology Reveals a Measure of Faith and a Need for a Levinasian Other in Henry’s Life -- The Truth of Life: Michel Henry on Marx -- PART IV Jean-Louis Chrétien -- The Call of Grace Henri de Lubac, Jean-Louis Chrétien, and the Theological Conditions of Christian Radical Phenomenology -- Between Call and Voice: The Antiphonal Thought of Jean-Louis Chrétien -- Chrétien on the Call That Wounds -- Embodied Ears: Being in the World and Hearing the Other -- The Witness of Humility -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index