Embodiment: Phenomenological, Religious and Deconstructive Views on Living and Dying

This Book Examines A Number Of Landmark Shifts In Our Account Of The Relationship Between Human And Divine Existence, As Reflected Through The Perception Of Time And Corporeal Experience. Drawing Together Some Of The Best Scholars In The Field, This Book Provides A Representative Cross-section Of Influential Trends In The Philosophy Of Religion (e.g. Phenomenology, Existential Thought, Biblical Hermeneutics, Deconstruction) That Have Shaped Our Understanding Of The Body In Its Profane And Sacred Dimensions As Site Of Conflicting Discourses On Presence And Absence, Subjectivity And The Death Of The Subject, Mortality, Resurrection And Eternal Life. Part I Michel Henry : The Phenomenology Of Incarnation -- The Search For A New Anthropological Paradigm : Michel Henry's Reflections On Incarnation / Jean Leclercq -- The Incarnation Of The Word And The A Priori Of The Flesh : Michel Henry And The Problem Of 'appearing Through' / Grégori Jean -- Preparation Of Michel Henry's Notes On The Incarnation / Grégori Jean, Jean Leclercq And Elvira Vitouchanskaia -- Preparatory Notes To Incarnation : 'the Archaeology Of The Flesh, Finitude And The Question Of Salvation' / Michel Henry -- The Incarnation Of Life : The Phenomenology Of Birth In Henry And Merleau-ponty / Renato Boccali -- Reflections On The Revalorisation Of The Body In The Material Phenomenology Of Michel Henry / Olivier Salazar-ferrer -- Part Ii Jean-luc Marion : Sacred And Profane Interpretations Of The Body -- On The Erotic Phenomenon / Jean-luc Marion -- Aesthetics And Corporal Strategies Of Eros / Aldo Marroni -- From Embodiment To The Saturated Language / Javier Bassas Vila -- Cur Deus Homo? The Irrational Residue Of Being : Reflections On Jean-luc Marion And Shestov / Ramona Fotiade -- The Eucharistic Body / David Jasper -- Being Embodied And Being Towards Death / Alexander Broadie -- Part Iii Jean-luc Nancy : A Deconstructive Perspective -- Verbum Caro Factum / Jean-luc Nancy -- Adoration And Phenomenology : The Dawn Of An Adorable World / Pierre-philippe Jandin -- Between 'god's Phallus' And 'the Body Of Christ' : The Embodied World Of Contemporary African Literature In Achille Mbembe And Jean-luc Nancy, Michael Syrotinski -- 'i Don't Believe It!' : Faith, Belief And Embodiment In Pascal, Nietzsche And Heidegger / Paul Bishop -- The Embodied Philosophy Of Jean Grenier / Toby Garfitt. Edited By Ramona Fotiade, University Of Glasgow, Uk, David Jasper, University Of Glasgow, Uk, Olivier Salazar-ferrer, University Of Glasgow, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.