Levinas and Theology [Hardcover]

Purcell outlines the basic themes of Levinas' thought and their usefulness to fundamental and practical theology.Emmanuel Levinas was a significant twentieth century thinker in the fields of philosophy, phenomenology, and religion. He wrote about the ethics of responsibility and the question of justice. Michael Purcell outlines the basic themes of Levinas' thought and their usefulness to fundamental and practical theology. This book will be useful for undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy, theology and religious studies, as well as those with a theological background who are approaching Levinas for the first time.Emmanuel Levinas was a significant twentieth century thinker in the fields of philosophy, phenomenology, and religion. He wrote about the ethics of responsibility and the question of justice. Michael Purcell outlines the basic themes of Levinas' thought and their usefulness to fundamental and practical theology. This book will be useful for undergraduate and graduate students in philosophy, theology and religious studies, as well as those with a theological background who are approaching Levinas for the first time.Emmanuel Levinas was a significant contributor to the field of philosophy, phenomenology and religion. A key interpreter of Husserl, he stressed the importance of attitudes to other people in any philosophical system. For Levinas, to be a subject is to take responsibility for others as well as yourself. He regarded ethics as the foundation for all other philosophy, but later admitted it could also be the foundation for theology. Michael Purcell outlines the basic themes of Levinas' thought and the ways in which they might be deployed in fundamental and practical theology, and the study of the phenomenon of religion.Introduction; 1. Levinas, phenomenology and theology; 2. Ethics, theology, the question of God; 3. Incarnate existence; 4. Existence as transcendence, or, the call of the infinite: towards a theology of grace; 5. The economylãÂ