Navigating postmodern theology : insights from Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo's philosophy / Michael J. McGravey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGravey, Michael J, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marion, Jean-Luc, 1946-.

Marion, Jean-Luc.

Vattimo, Gianni, 1936-.

Vattimo, Gianni.

Theology.

theology.

metaphysics.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Maryland : Fortress Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Navigating Postmodern Theology: Insights from Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo's Philosophy provides an introduction to these two authors in relation to theology and metaphysics. This book invites the reader to consider new ways of thinking about theology in a postmetaphysical way, grounded in Marion's phenomenology and Vattimo's philosophy.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Sociological Narrative Shifts in Traditional European and Christian Communities

2. Challenging Metaphysics: Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo

3. Chapter Outline

Notes

Chapter 1: Approaching the Theological Narrative Shifts in Postmodernity

1. Exploring "Postmodernity"

1.1 Postmodern Generalities

1.2 Jean-François Lyotard

1.3 Martin Heidegger

1.4 Gianni Vattimo

1.5 Jean-Luc Marion

1.6 Peroration on Postmodernism

2. Religion and Theology: Establishing the Differences in an Era of Secularism

3. Secularism in Postmodernity

3.1 Secularism

3.2 Secularism to Post-Secularism

4. An Example: Ireland's Narrative Changes

5. Conclusion

Chapter 2: Facing the Church

1. Aristotle and Aquinas: A General Overview of "Traditional" Metaphysics

2. Metaphysics and Authority in the Magisterium

2.1 Pius X and Modernity: Pascendi Domini Gregis, Lamentabili sane exitu, and Sacrorum antistitum

2.2 Modernity, John XXIII, and the Council

2.3 John Paul II, Fides et ratio, and Metaphysics

2.4 Benedict XVI: Historical Theology and Metaphysics

3. Authority and the Conservative Apologists

4. Language and Philosophy

5. Approaching Metaphysics in Postmodernity

6. Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo: Introducing Concerns Regarding Metaphysics

6.1 Marion on Metaphysics and Phenomenology

6.2 Vattimo on Metaphysics and Philosophy

7. Conclusion

Chapter 3: Jean-Luc Marion's Phenomenology

1. Introduction

Part I: Influencing Marion's Phenomenology

2. Marion and Metaphysics

2.1 Marion and Descartes

2.2 Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology and Marion

2.3 Emmanuel Lévinas' Influence on Marion

3. Dominique Janicaud and the Critique of a Theological Phenomenology.

3.1 Janicaud and the Critique of Lévinas

3.2 Janicaud's Critique of Marion's Phenomenology

Part II: Jean-Luc Marion: Theology and Phenomenology

4. Marion's Saturated Phenomenon

4.1 The Flesh

4.2 The Event

4.3 The Idol

4.4 The Icon

5. Constructing Marion's Theological Phenomenology

6. Theology and Phenomenology in Discourse: G⦻d and Revelation

7. Significance of Marion's Philosophical Theology for the Postmodern Faith

8. Loving the Other

9. Conclusion

Chapter 4: Gianni Vattimo's Post-Christian Philosophical Theology

2. Challenging Metaphysics

3. Nietzsche, Metaphysics, and Language

4. Nietzsche's Overcoming of Metaphysics

5. Heidegger, Being as Event, and Pensiero Debole

6. Kenosis and Weakening

7. Violence and Metaphysics

8. Significance of Vattimo's Philosophical Theology for the Postmodern Faith

9. Charity

10. Conclusion

Conclusion

2. Jean-Luc Marion

3. Gianni Vattimo

4. The Significance of Marion and Vattimo

5. Concluding Thoughts

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781978718418

1978718411

9781978714359

1978714351

OCLC:

1389611719