God and Phenomenology

Joeri Schrijvers is Extraordinary Professor at the School of Philosophy of North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

God and Phenomenology: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste provides a starting point for scholars who seek to familiarize themselves with the work of this French phenomenologist and theologian. Thirteen international scholars comment on Lacoste's work. In conclusion the volume offers an unpublished essay by Lacoste on the topic of eschatology.Table of Contents:Introduction: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste by Joeri Schrijvers and Martin KociPart I Critiques1. ""'Children of the World': A Note on Jean-Yves Lacoste,"" by Kevin Hart2. ""Lacoste on Appearing and Reduction,"" by Steven DeLay3. ""Reduction Without Appearance: The Non-Phenomenality of God,"" by Robert C. Reed4. ""Only Metaphysics Sustains Phenomenology,"" by John MilbankPart II Commentaries5. ""Canonical Texts,"" by Oliver O'Donovan6. ""Reading Prayerfully Before God: Jean-Yves Lacoste's Treatment of Lectio Divina as an Instance of Existence Coram Deo,"" by Christina M. Gschwandtner7. ""Affection, Mood, and Poetry: Overcoming Mentalism,""by Joseph Rivera8. ""Rejecting the Wrong Questions: Jean-Yves Lacoste's Resistance to a Philosophical-Theological Divide,"" by Stephanie RumpzaPart III Explorations9. ""For the Love of Revelation: Open and Relational Theology in Light of Lacoste,"" by Jason W. Alvis10. ""Right Use, Right Thinking,"" by William C. Hackett11. ""The Beautiful Life of Faith: A Liturgical Reading of Fear and Trembling,"" by Amber Bowen12. ""In the Footsteps of Henri de Lubac and Gregory of Nyssa: Jean-Yves Lacoste on Human Becoming, Historical and Eternal,"" by Stephen E. Lewis13. ""Kenosis and Transcendence: Jean-Yves Lacoste and Soren Kierkegaard on the Phenomenality of God,"" by Nikolaas Cassidy-DeketelaereIn Conclusion14. ""The Final Word: Prolegomena to Eschatology,"" by Jean-Yves Lacoste