Degrees of givenness : on saturation in Jean-Luc Marion /

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Author / Creator:Gschwandtner, Christina M., 1974- author.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 279 pages).
Language:English
Series:Indiana series in the philosophy of religion
Indiana series in the philosophy of religion.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11243624
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ISBN:9780253014283
025301428X
9780253014191
0253014190
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-270) and index.
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Summary: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, an.
Other form:Print version: Gschwandtner, Christina M., 1974- Degrees of givenness 9780253014191