Thinking Elsewhere

This essay traces the phenomenon of revelation beginning with the humblest (sports), to the most personal (love), to the most exalted (religion). Through this analysis, we discover several qualities of revelation: it reveals itself from itself, reveals a new world to me, and reveals another me to my...

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Main Author: Marion, Jean-Luc 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Journal for continental philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-26
Further subjects:B Paradox
B erotic phenomenon
B Revelation
B givenness
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Summary:This essay traces the phenomenon of revelation beginning with the humblest (sports), to the most personal (love), to the most exalted (religion). Through this analysis, we discover several qualities of revelation: it reveals itself from itself, reveals a new world to me, and reveals another me to myself and to others. Turning to divine Revelation, a further set of concepts is uncovered: the witness who encounters a Revelation without understanding it, a resistance to the testimony of the witness, and a paradox that provokes this resistance by exceeding expectations. These qualities make Revelation both more intelligible and meaningful. For, while holding an exceptional privilege, divine Revelation nonetheless remains in continuity with phenomenality in general and, in arriving from elsewhere by its own initiative, it opens my eyes to the unfolding of its unseen reserves.
ISSN:2588-9613
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for continental philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/25889613-00101002