Levinas and Theology

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Abbreviations of Levinas’ works......Page 11
Introduction......Page 13
levinas and theology......Page 14
emmanuel levinas......Page 15
outline......Page 17
chapter 1 Levinas, phenomenology, and theology......Page 19
levinas, husserl, and phenomenology......Page 20
Contesting the ‘natural attitude’ (or, naive realism)......Page 22
Intentionality......Page 25
Intentionality as transcendence......Page 28
In search of phenomenological adequacy......Page 29
Lived experience, and subject and object as derivative......Page 31
‘But this is no longer Husserl ...’......Page 33
beyond naive realism towards a\r‘theological attitude’......Page 35
Lonergan and theological method......Page 36
Karl Rahner’s metaphysics of knowledge......Page 38
Jean-Luc Marion: traversing the ‘gap’ between phenomenology\rand theology......Page 39
are phenomenology and theology always two?......Page 40
the ethical encounter with other as first\rphilosophy and first theology......Page 45
Theology, praxis, and scripture......Page 46
‘Doing and hearing’......Page 50
The pedagogical importance of doing for hearing......Page 51
philosophy and religion......Page 57
ethical humanity as the point of departure for\rtheology......Page 59
towards the ‘theological reduction’\ron the basis of ethics......Page 61
A new humanism?......Page 62
A biblical humanism......Page 65
towards a philosophy of religion?......Page 67
The temptation of atheism......Page 72
god’s self-hiding and the possibility of ethics......Page 75
Psalms of lament......Page 76
Yosl Rakover talks to God (Yossel Rakover s’addresse à Dieu)......Page 79
chapter 3 Incarnate existence......Page 85
the heideggerian climate from which we must\rescape: dasein’s world......Page 86
levinas’ criticism of heidegger......Page 90
emergence into a world......Page 92
The salvific significance of everyday existence......Page 94
The sincerity of intentions......Page 96
Enjoyment and the elemental......Page 98
Awakening to the world, and the temptation of sleep......Page 100
the subject as hypostasis......Page 102
‘To be’ is a reflexive verb......Page 103
‘attempting to escape from being’......Page 104
chapter 4 Existence as transcendence, or the call of the infinite: towards a theology of grace......Page 107
transcendence as an escape from being......Page 108
the structure of transcendence......Page 110
the itinerary of philosophy......Page 112
The tendency towards totality......Page 113
The call of the infinite......Page 116
transcendence as desire......Page 118
Levinas’ re-working of Cartesian infinity......Page 119
chapter 5 The economy and language of grace: grace, desire, and the awakening of the subject......Page 122
grace and the desire for god......Page 124
Joseph Maréchal......Page 126
Karl Rahner......Page 129
Henri de Lubac......Page 130
Rahner versus de Lubac......Page 131
De Lubac versus Rahner......Page 132
the dynamic of desire in levinas......Page 134
Desire......Page 135
Desire and the Infinite......Page 136
awakening to grace......Page 137
Awakening......Page 139
Phenomenological awakening......Page 140
Ethical awakening......Page 141
chapter 6 The liturgical orientation of the self......Page 147
the asymmetrical or irreversible relation......Page 148
the responsible relation as a liturgical relation......Page 149
The philosophical sense of oeuvre......Page 151
eucharistic existence......Page 154
The logic of giving......Page 155
time as a liturgical phenomenon......Page 159
The dynamic of desire......Page 163
Eucharistic time......Page 164
Diachrony and diakonia......Page 165
chapter 7 Eucharistic responsibility and working for justice......Page 167
liturgical and eucharistic subjectivity......Page 168
a quasi-christological pause: ‘a man-god (un homme-dieu)’......Page 170
the proximity of god in the workings of justice......Page 174
ethics and justice, and the life of the\rworld-to-come......Page 176
Giving a responsible account of the self......Page 177
1. Levinas, phenomenology, and theology......Page 180
2. Ethics, theology, and the question of God......Page 185
3. Incarnate existence......Page 192
4. Existence as transcendence, or the call of the infinite: towards a theology of grace......Page 193
5. The economy and language of grace: grace, desire, and the awakening of the subject......Page 196
6. The liturgical orientation of the self......Page 199
7. Eucharistic responsibility and working for justice......Page 201
Select bibliography......Page 203
Index......Page 209