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Givenness and Revelation
Givenness and Revelation represents both the unity and the deep continuity of Jean-Luc Marions thinking over many decades. This investigation into the origins and evolution of the concept of revelation arises from an initial reappraisal of the tension between natural theology and the revealed knowledge of God or sacra doctrina. Marion draws on the re-definition of the notions of possibility and impossibility, the critique of the reification of the subject, and the unpredictability of the 'event' in its relationship to the phenomenology of the gift.
This work begins and ends in the concept of revelation, thus addressing the very heart and soul of Marion's theology, concluding with a phenomenological approach to the Trinity that rests in the Spirit as gift. Givenness and Revelation enhances not only our understanding of religious experience, but enlarges the horizon of possibility of phenomenology itself.
This work begins and ends in the concept of revelation, thus addressing the very heart and soul of Marion's theology, concluding with a phenomenological approach to the Trinity that rests in the Spirit as gift. Givenness and Revelation enhances not only our understanding of religious experience, but enlarges the horizon of possibility of phenomenology itself.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2016
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Jean-Luc Marion
113 books108 followersJean-Luc Marion est un philosophe et universitaire français.
Jean-Luc Marion is a French philosopher and academic.
Jean-Luc Marion is a French philosopher and academic.
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April 28, 2022
Read for my graduate thesis.
This text consists of four lectures given by Jean-Luc Marion as part of the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. The four lectures concern the aporia of Revelation, the phenomenal re-appropriation of Revelation, Christ as a saturated phenomenon, and the Trinitarian logic of manifestation. Within it, the last two are kind of the bread and butter, where Marion demonstrates how a phenomenological model serves as the best foundation for understanding Revelation. I think what he says makes a lot of sense, and works really well. I was, however, admittedly underwhelmed when it seemed like nothing new was brought out from that phenomenological framing of Revelation, Christ, and the Trinitarian Manifestation.
This text consists of four lectures given by Jean-Luc Marion as part of the Gifford Lectures at the University of Glasgow. The four lectures concern the aporia of Revelation, the phenomenal re-appropriation of Revelation, Christ as a saturated phenomenon, and the Trinitarian logic of manifestation. Within it, the last two are kind of the bread and butter, where Marion demonstrates how a phenomenological model serves as the best foundation for understanding Revelation. I think what he says makes a lot of sense, and works really well. I was, however, admittedly underwhelmed when it seemed like nothing new was brought out from that phenomenological framing of Revelation, Christ, and the Trinitarian Manifestation.
July 21, 2016
A superb small book that brings Marion's long engagement with phenomenology to a specifically theological task: describing the phenomenon of God's self-revelation in Christ. Where his most recent work on Augustine was long and perhaps cumbersome, this volume is brief and pointed. In many ways this little volume is Marion's entire life's work in its essence and in what he hopes is its most important implications.
July 22, 2021
Several times I have watched Marion's Gifford Lectures, and in reading this book, I think that this is one work that enables us to truly understand Revelation from a philosophical perspective. This, I believe, is a must-read for those who want to study theology seriously especially with the need to "proclaim" it in contemporary contexts.
June 2, 2020
Tantalizing
This was my introduction to Marion after coming across many references to his work from my reading. I was interested in his concept of the phenomenal gift and of the given as related to Christianity. This didn’t disappoint and now I want more!
This was my introduction to Marion after coming across many references to his work from my reading. I was interested in his concept of the phenomenal gift and of the given as related to Christianity. This didn’t disappoint and now I want more!
March 12, 2020
Absolutely stunning. What Jean-Luc Marion accomplishes in these lectures is stunning and worth all of our consideration.
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