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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462848603321

Autore

St. John Hal

Titolo

The call of the holy [[electronic resource] ] : Heidegger, Chauvet, Benedict XVI / / Hal St. John

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2012

ISBN

0-567-27936-7

1-283-94846-X

0-567-52621-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

T & T Clark studies in fundamental liturgy

Disciplina

230

Soggetti

Sacramentals

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; HalfTitle; Series; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Chauvet and Heidegger; 1.1 Chauvet's critique of St Thomas Aquinas'  Platonic presuppositions; 1.2 Thinking Metaphysics: Not as Fall but as an Event; 1.3 Overcoming metaphysics: An unachievable task; 1.4 Conclusion; 2. Chauvet and Eucharist; 2.1 Recapitulation; 2.2 Thinking Metaphysics: Not as Fall but as an Event; 2.3 Overcoming Metaphysics: An unachievable task; 2.4 Conclusion; 2.5 Postscript . . . a critical re-engagement; 3. Heidegger and Das Nichts; 3.1 Literature review; 3.2 Das Heilige

3.3 Heidegger's Philosophy3.4 Conclusion; 3.5 Reprise; 4. Heidegger and ethics; 4.1 Methodology; 4.2 Pope Benedict XVIth and ethics as Caritas; 4.3 Heidegger and ethics as love; 4.4 Conclusion; 5. Heidegger and sacrifice; 5.1 Recapitulation; 5.2 Methodology; 5.3 A new way for theology; 5.4 Thinghood and sacramentality - Macquarrie's argument; 5.5 Being-towards-death (Sein zum Tode); 5.6 Voice of conscience - how authentic Being shows itself; 5.7 A final resolution; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This title provides an enquiry into the sacramental theology of Chauvet, Heidegger and Benedict XVI. Chauvet is the voice of contemporary Catholic sacramental theology. His ideas are assimilated by students of



theology (particularly, the liturgy) throughout the French and English speaking world more or less without critical appraisal. This is because his major work Symbole et Sacrement is interdisciplinary, moving from a scholastic theological view of sacraments, through a philosophical enquiry both into Heidegger's thought and into theorists of language, to a consideration of anthropology and