Prolegomena to Charity

by Jean-Luc Marion, Stephen E. Lewis (Translator)

In seven essays that draw from metaphysics, phenomenology, literature, Christological theology, and Biblical exegesis,Marion sketches several prolegomena to a future fuller thinking and saying of love’s paradoxical reasons, exploring evil, freedom, bedazzlement, and the loving gaze; crisis, absence, and knowing.

Genres: Philosophy, Theology, Religion, Christianity

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Jean-Luc Marion est un philosophe et universitaire français.

Jean-Luc Marion is a French philosopher and academic.

Reviews

[Joe Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marion still doing theology (before his turn to doing phenomenology almost exclusively): to die for.

[Earl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I just decided, out of the blue, to read this casually, and I still find it very comprehensive and compelling. Love is as love does, indeed.

[CL Chu · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of Marion's early writings prior to God Without Being. Lucid and candid prose with phenomenological twist (rather than jargons). Nietzsche, Husserl, and Heidegger are more or less cheerful guests rather than looming ghosts in the party. All is good.

[Matt K · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Easter innovates, and does so radically. Either Christ no longer has any importance on this day, or 'he brought all newness in bringing himself, who was announced in advance; for what was announced in advance was exactly this: that Newness would come to renew and revive man' (Irenaeus). The innovation has a name - Christ - and a function - to render man new, as well as all the things of life "