By Emmanuel Falque
Publisher: Wipf and Stock
Date: 12/02/2022
Description:
In By Way of Obstacles, Emmanuel Falque revisits the major themes of his work—finitude, the body, and the call for philosophers and theologians to cross the Rubicon by entering into dialogue—in light of objections that have been offered. In so doing, he offers a pathway through a work that will offer insights both to newcomers to his thought and to those who are already familiar with it. Readers will discover the profound relation between Falque’s emphasis on the human experience of the world and his desire for philosophy and Christian theology to enter into conversation. For only by speaking within the human horizon of finitude can Christianity be credible for human beings, and it is because Christian theology teaches that God entered into our finitude that it can also teach us something of what it is to be human. Contemporary phenomenology, Falque warns, over-privileges an encounter with the infinite. Calling us back to finitude, he calls us to a deeper understanding of our humanity.