
The Gift of the Other
Levinas, Derrida, and a Theology of Hospitality
Andrew Shepherd(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 28. April 2014
276 pages
978-1-63087-341-7 (ISBN)
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We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome strangers, to care for the widow and the orphan, and to build relationships with those distant from us. But how, in this world of hostility and commodification, do we practice hospitality? In The Gift of the Other, Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought of French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and argues that a true vision of hospitality is ultimately found not in postmodern philosophies but in the Christian narrative. The book offers a compelling Trinitarian account of the God of hospitality--a God of communion who "makes room" for otherness, who overcomes the hostility of the world though Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, and who through the work of the Spirit is forming a new community: the Church--a people of welcome.
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Eugene
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978-1-63087-341-7 (9781630873417)
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Andrew Shepherd is a researcher and teacher in theology and ethics. He is involved in A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand--a Christian conservation movement--and Servants to Asia's Urban Poor. His previous publications include the volume Taking Rational Trouble Over the Mysteries: Reactions to Atheism (2013), coedited with Nicola Hoggard Creegan.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Foreword - Steven Bouma-Prediger
- Preface
- Introduction: A World for All?
- 1. The Transcendence of the Other and Infinite Responsibility: The Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
- 2. Unconditional Hospitality, the Gift of Deconstruction?: The Philosophy of Jacques Derrida
- 3. Levinasian and Derridean Hospitality: Ethics beyond Ontology?
- 4. Gifted, Called, and Named: Trinitarian Personhood and an Ontology of Communion
- A tête à tête: Wrestling with the Other-Getting to Grips with Hostility (Genesis 29-33)
- 5. "LOGOS," "Sacrificial Substitute," and "Eikon": Christology and the Overcoming of Hostility
- A tête à tête: Seen by the Other-The Call to Faith (John 1:35-51)
- 6. Dwelling in Christ and the In-Dwelling Other: Forming the Ecclesial and Eschatological Self
- A tête à tête: A Drink with the Other-Gift-Exchange and Transformed Identity (John 4:1-42)
- 7. Performing a Different Script: Participation in the Practice of Ecclesial Hospitality
- A tête à tête: Hosted by the Other-The Journey to Hospitality (Luke 6:12-16
- 9:1-6, 10-17, 51-55
- 24:13-35)
- Conclusion: Grounded Hospitality-Community, Ecological Care, and Inter-Faith Relationships
- Bibliography
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