Navigating Postmodern Theology

Michael J. McGravey

doi:10.5771/9781978714359

Summary

Theology in the postmodern era has encountered various cultural and narrative shifts which have helped shape the Roman Catholic Church and Christianity at large. Negatively, the Church has been affected by external factors (e.g., globalization, immigration/emigration, increased access to technology, etc.) and internal struggles (e.g., reduced church attendance, an aging population, etc.). Positively, postmodernity has ushered in a return to religion through new philosophical and theological ideas (e.g., phenomenology, existentialism, post-metaphysics, etc.). This book aims to contribute to the ongoing postmodern concerns addressed in the cultural and narrative shifts, by focusing on the work of Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo. The emphasis of this project focuses on the use of metaphysics as the foundational tool of theology and its corresponding limitations while also addressing the Christian virtue of caritas. Addressing this attribute of Christianity, this project observes the possibility of a ‘return to religion,’ one that reflects the postmodern exploration of religion by the several philosophers addressed herein. While Michael J. McGravey avoids offering a reconstruction of theology or, more specifically ecclesiology, he aims to re-establish the importance of philosophy, metaphysics, and caritas in the postmodern context.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1434-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1435-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 268
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
1. 1. Sociological Narrative Shifts in Traditional European and Christian Communities No access
2. 2. Challenging Metaphysics: Jean-Luc Marion and Gianni Vattimo No access
3. 3. Chapter Outline No access
4. Notes No access
1. 1. 1.1 Postmodern Generalities No access
  2. 1.2 Jean-François Lyotard No access
  3. 1.3 Martin Heidegger No access
  4. 1.4 Gianni Vattimo No access
  5. 1.5 Jean-Luc Marion No access
  6. 1.6 Peroration on Postmodernism No access
2. 2. Religion and Theology: Establishing the Differences in an Era of Secularism No access
3. 1. 3.1 Secularism No access
  2. 3.2 Secularism to Post-Secularism No access
4. 4. An Example: Ireland’s Narrative Changes No access
5. 5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
1. 1. Aristotle and Aquinas: A General Overview of “Traditional” Metaphysics No access
2. 1. 2.1 Pius X and Modernity: Pascendi Domini Gregis, Lamentabili sane exitu, and Sacrorum antistitum No access
  2. 2.2 Modernity, John XXIII, and the Council No access
  3. 2.3 John Paul II, Fides et ratio, and Metaphysics No access
  4. 2.4 Benedict XVI: Historical Theology and Metaphysics No access
3. 3. Authority and the Conservative Apologists No access
4. 4. Language and Philosophy No access
5. 5. Approaching Metaphysics in Postmodernity No access
6. 1. 6.1 Marion on Metaphysics and Phenomenology No access
  2. 6.2 Vattimo on Metaphysics and Philosophy No access
7. 7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. 2.1 Marion and Descartes No access
    2. 2.2 Edmund Husserl’s Phenomenology and Marion No access
    3. 2.3 Emmanuel Lévinas’ Influence on Marion No access
3. 1. 3.1 Janicaud and the Critique of Lévinas No access
  2. 3.2 Janicaud’s Critique of Marion’s Phenomenology No access
4. Part II: Jean-Luc Marion: Theology and Phenomenology No access
5. 1. 4.1 The Flesh No access
  2. 4.2 The Event No access
  3. 4.3 The Idol No access
  4. 4.4 The Icon No access
6. 5. Constructing Marion’s Theological Phenomenology No access
7. 6. Theology and Phenomenology in Discourse: G⦻d and Revelation No access
8. 7. Significance of Marion’s Philosophical Theology for the Postmodern Faith No access
9. 8. Loving the Other No access
10. 9. Conclusion No access
11. Notes No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
2. 2. Challenging Metaphysics No access
3. 3. Nietzsche, Metaphysics, and Language No access
4. 4. Nietzsche’s Overcoming of Metaphysics No access
5. 5. Heidegger, Being as Event, and Pensiero Debole No access
6. 6. Kenosis and Weakening No access
7. 7. Violence and Metaphysics No access
8. 8. Significance of Vattimo’s Philosophical Theology for the Postmodern Faith No access
9. 9. Charity No access
10. 10. Conclusion No access
11. Notes No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
2. 2. Jean-Luc Marion No access
3. 3. Gianni Vattimo No access
4. 4. The Significance of Marion and Vattimo No access
5. 5. Concluding Thoughts No access
6. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 249 - 260
Index No access Pages 261 - 266
About the Author No access Pages 267 - 268