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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974638303321

Autore

Jones Tamsin <1974->

Titolo

A genealogy of Marion's philosophy of religion : apparent darkness / / Tamsin Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2011

ISBN

0-253-00508-6

Descrizione fisica

viii, 235 p

Collana

Indiana series in the philosophy of religion

Disciplina

210.92

Soggetti

Phenomenological theology

Negative theology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Sightings : the location and function of Patristic citation in Jan-Luc Marion's writing -- How to avoid idolatry : a comparison of "apophasis" in Gregory of Nyssa and Dionysius the Areopagite -- Giving a method : securing phenomenology's place as "first philosophy" -- Interpreting "saturated phenomenality" : Marion's hermeneutical turn? -- The apparent in the darkness : evaluating Marion's apophatic phenomenology.

Sommario/riassunto

Tamsin Jones believes that locating Jean-Luc Marion solely within                theological or phenomenological discourse undermines the coherence of his                intellectual and philosophical enterprise. Through a comparative examination of                Marion's interpretation and use of Dionysius the Areopagite and Gregory of Nyssa,                Jones evaluates the interplay of the manifestation and hiddenness of phenomena. By                placing Marion against the backdrop of these Greek fathers, Jones sharpens the                tension between Marion's rigorous method and its intended purpose: a safeguard                against idolatry. At once situated at the crossroads of the debate over the turn to                religion in French phenomenology and an inquiry into the retrieval of early                Christian writings within this discourse, A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of                Religion opens up a new view of the phenomenology of religious experience.