Crossing the Rubicon: The Borderlands of Philosophy and Theology (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

In France today, philosophy--phenomenology in particular--finds itself in a paradoxical relation to theology. Some debate a "theological turn." Others disavow theological arguments as if such arguments would tarnish their philosophical integrity, while nevertheless carrying out theology in other venues. In Crossing the Rubicon, Emmanuel Falque seeks to end this face-off. Convinced that "the more one theologizes, the better one philosophizes," he proposes a counterblow by theology against phenomenology. Instead of another philosophy of "the threshold" or "the leap"--And through a retrospective and forward-looking examination of his own method--he argues that an encounter between the two disciplines will reveal their mutual fruitfulness and their true distinctive borders. Falque shows that he has made the crossing between philosophy and theology and back again with audacity and perhaps a little recklessness, knowing full well that no one thinks without exposing himself to risk. -- Publisher's description Cover Half Title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Opening The Great Crossing 1. A Breakthrough 2. A Crossing 3. An Experience PART I : INTERPRETING 1. Is Hermeneutics Fundamental? 4. The Hermeneutical Relief 5. Confessional Hermeneutics 6. Toward a Phenomenality of the Text 2. For a Hermeneutic of the Body and the Voice 7. Aphonal Thought 8. The Voice Is the Phenomenon 9. The Voice That Embodies PART II: DECIDING 3. Always Believing 10. A Belief at the Origin 11. The Prejudice of the Absence of Prejudices 12. Faith and Nonfaith 4. Kerygma and Decision 13. Philosophy of the Decision 14. Theology of the Decision 15. Deciding Together PART III: CROSSING 5. "Tiling" and Conversion 16. The Horizon of Finitude 17. On "Tiling" or Overlaying 18. Of Conversion or Transformation 6. Finally Th eology 19. From the Threshold to the Leap 20. The Principle of Proportionality 21. A Sigh of Relief Epilogue: And Then . . . ? 22. First to Live 23. The Afterward of the Afterward 24. With an Exposed Face Acknowledgments Notes Index A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Falque presents a theological critique of French phenomenology, engaging Levinas, Ricoeur, Merleau-Ponty, Bonaventure, Scotus, Aquinas... He advances a Catholic hermeneutic of the body and the voice, a phenomenology of believing, and a metaphysical movement from human finitude and contingency to conversion and transformation via the overlay of the God-man. Opening -- Part I. Interpreting. Is Hermeneutics Fundamental? -- For A Hermeneutic Of The Body And The Voice -- Part Ii. Deciding. Always Believing -- Kerygma And Decision -- Part Iii. Crossing. Tiling And Conversion -- Finally Theology -- Epilogue: And Then...? Emmanuel Falque ; Translated By Reuben Shank. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.