
Experience and the Absolute
Disputed Questions on the Humanity of Man
Jean-Yves Lacoste(Author)
Fordham University Press
Published on 1. October 2004
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-8232-2375-6 (ISBN)
Description
Does the philosophy of Martin Heidegger represent the emergence of a secular anthropology that requires religious thought to redefine the religious dimension in human existence? In this critical response, Lacoste confronts the ultimate definition of human nature, the humanity of the human. He explores that definition through an analysis of the "absolute" as a phenomenological datum.
Lacoste establishes a conception of human nature that opens possibilities for religious experience and religious identity in view of Heidegger's profound challenge. He develops a phenomenology of the liturgy, and subjects the categories of "experience," "place," and "human existence" to careful examination. Making a strong case for the affective nature of religious experience, he sides with Schleiermacher against Hegel in associating religion with affectivity rather than logic. Such affectivity, he claims, can be more rational than reason as framed in Hegelian logic.
Lacoste establishes a conception of human nature that opens possibilities for religious experience and religious identity in view of Heidegger's profound challenge. He develops a phenomenology of the liturgy, and subjects the categories of "experience," "place," and "human existence" to careful examination. Making a strong case for the affective nature of religious experience, he sides with Schleiermacher against Hegel in associating religion with affectivity rather than logic. Such affectivity, he claims, can be more rational than reason as framed in Hegelian logic.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a difficult but worthwhile work on the boundary between phenomenology and theological reflection." -Religious Studies Review "Jean-Yves Lacoste's Experience and the Absolute elaborates what many have wanted for a very long time: a phenomenology of the liturgy. What is it to exist liturgically? Does the place of prayer matter? How does prayer ground ethics? These questions are posed and answered with exemplary rigor. Lacoste's critique of "experience" in theology and his profound analyses of being "face-to-face with God" are essential reading. Here is a major work by a theologian of remarkable subtlety and exceptional intellectual force." -- -Kevin Hart The University of Notre DameMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
543 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-2375-6 (9780823223756)
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Jean-Yves Lacoste is also the author of Notes sur le temps and Le Monde et l'absence d'oeuvre.