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"Beautifully written . . . advances scholarship on Marion, and offers a sustained and critical analysis of two weaknesses in Marion's phenomenology." —Tamsin Jones, author of A Genealogy of Marion's Philosophy of Religion The philosophical work of Jean-Luc Marion has opened new ways of speaking about religious convictions and experiences. In this exploration of Marion's philosophy and theology, Christina M. Gschwandtner presents a comprehensive and critical analysis of the ideas of saturated phenomena and the phenomenology of givenness. She claims that these phenomena do not always appear in the excessive mode that Marion describes and suggests instead that we consider degrees of saturation. Gschwandtner covers major themes in Marion's work—the historical event, art, nature, love, gift and sacrifice, prayer, and the Eucharist. She works within the phenomenology of givenness, but suggests that Marion himself has not considered important aspects of his philosophy. "Christina M. Gschwandtner has established herself as a valued reader of contemporary French philosophy in general and of Marion's writings in particular. She was the first to consider at length Marion's extensive reflecti

Author

Christina Maria Gschwandtner

Publisher

Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253014191

Subjects

Philosophy, Humanities