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by Jean-Luc Marion
translated by Thomas A. Carlson
University of Chicago Press, 1991
Paper: 978-0-226-50541-1 | Cloth: 978-0-226-50540-4
Library of Congress Classification BT102.M29913 1991
Dewey Decimal Classification 211

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Jean-Luc Marion advances a controversial argument for a God free of all categories of Being. Taking a characteristically postmodern stance, Marion challenges a fundamental premise of both metaphysics and neo-Thomist theology: that God, before all else, must be. Rather, he locates a "God without Being" in the realm of agape, of Christian charity or love.

This volume, the first translation into English of the work of this leading Catholic philosopher, offers a contemporary perspective on the nature of God.

"An immensely thoughtful book. . . . It promises a rich harvest. Marion's highly original treatment of the idol and the icon, the Eucharist, boredom and vanity, conversion and prayer takes theological and philosophical discussions to a new level."—Norman Wirzba, Christian Century