God and Phenomenology

God and Phenomenology: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste provides a starting point for scholars who seek to familiarize themselves with the work of this French phenomenologist and theologian. Thirteen international scholars comment on Lacoste's work. In conclusion the volume offers an unpublished essay by Lacoste on the topic of eschatology.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Thinking with Jean-Yves Lacoste by Joeri Schrijvers and Martin Koci

Part I Critiques

1. "'Children of the World': A Note on Jean-Yves Lacoste," by Kevin Hart
2. "Lacoste on Appearing and Reduction," by Steven DeLay
3. "Reduction Without Appearance: The Non-Phenomenality of God," by Robert C. Reed
4. "Only Metaphysics Sustains Phenomenology," by John Milbank

Part II Commentaries

5. "Canonical Texts," by Oliver O'Donovan
6. "Reading Prayerfully Before God: Jean-Yves Lacoste's Treatment of Lectio Divina as an Instance of Existence Coram Deo," by Christina M. Gschwandtner
7. "Affection, Mood, and Poetry: Overcoming Mentalism,"
by Joseph Rivera
8. "Rejecting the Wrong Questions: Jean-Yves Lacoste's Resistance to a Philosophical-Theological Divide," by Stephanie Rumpza

Part III Explorations

9. "For the Love of Revelation: Open and Relational Theology in Light of Lacoste," by Jason W. Alvis
10. "Right Use, Right Thinking," by William C. Hackett
11. "The Beautiful Life of Faith: A Liturgical Reading of Fear and Trembling," by Amber Bowen
12. "In the Footsteps of Henri de Lubac and Gregory of Nyssa: Jean-Yves Lacoste on Human Becoming, Historical and Eternal," by Stephen E. Lewis
13. "Kenosis and Transcendence: Jean-Yves Lacoste and Soren Kierkegaard on the Phenomenality of God," by Nikolaas Cassidy-Deketelaere

In Conclusion

14. "The Final Word: Prolegomena to Eschatology," by Jean-Yves Lacoste