Already widely debated upon its publication in French, this book offers a provocative account of Christ's Passion in terms not of faith but of a "credible Christianity" that can remain meaningful to nonbelievers. For Falque, anxiety, suffering, and death are not simply the "ills" of our society but the essential horizon of what we confront as humans. Doubtful of Heidegger's famous statement that the notion of salvation renders Christians unable authentically to experience anxiety in the face of death, Falque explores the Passion with a radical emphasis on the physicality and corporeality of…mehr
Already widely debated upon its publication in French, this book offers a provocative account of Christ's Passion in terms not of faith but of a "credible Christianity" that can remain meaningful to nonbelievers. For Falque, anxiety, suffering, and death are not simply the "ills" of our society but the essential horizon of what we confront as humans. Doubtful of Heidegger's famous statement that the notion of salvation renders Christians unable authentically to experience anxiety in the face of death, Falque explores the Passion with a radical emphasis on the physicality and corporeality of Christ's suffering and death, and on continuities with the mortality of our bodies. Written in the wake of a friend's death, Falques's study is theologically and philosophically rigorous, yet engagingly written and deeply humane.
Emmanuel Falque is Professor and Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Paris. He is the founder of the International Network in Philosophy of Religion (INPR).
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Translator's Note xiii Preface to the English-Language Edition xv Opening: The Isenheim Altarpiece or "The Taking on Board of Suffering" xvii Introduction: Shifting Understandings of Anxiety 1 PART I: THE FACE-TO-FACE OF FINITUDE 1 From the Burden of Death to Flight before Death 7 §1 The Burden of Death, 7 §2 Fleeing from Death, 8 2 The Face of Death or Anxiety over Finitude 10 §3 Death "for Us" Humans, 10 §4 Genesis and Its Symbolism, 11 §5 The Mask of Perfection, 12 §6 The Image of Finitude in Man, 13 §7 Finitude: Finite and Infinite, 16 §8 Finitude and Anxiety, 16 §9 The Eclipse of Finitude, 17 §10 The Face of Death, 18 §11 To Die "with," 19 3 The Temptation of Despair or Anxiety over Sin 22 §13 Inevitable Death, 22 §14 The Conquest of Sin, 22 §15 Sin and Anxiety, 23 §16 The Temptation of Despair, 24 4 From the Affirmation of Meaninglessness to the Suspension of Meaning 26 §17 The Life Sentence, 26 §18 The Christian Witness, 27 §19 Meaninglessness and the Suspension of Meaning, 27 PART II: CHRIST FACED WITH ANXIETY OVER DEATH §20 Two Meditations on Death, 29 §21 Alarm and Anxiety, 31 5 The Fear of Dying and Christ's "Alarm" 33 §22 Taking on Fear and Abandonment, 33 §23 The Cup, Sadness, and Sleep, 34 §24 Resignation, Waiting, and Heroism, 35 §25 The Silence at the End, 36 §26 The Scenarios of Death, 37 §27 The Triple Failure of the Staging, 38 §28 From Alarm to Anxiety, 39 6 God's Vigil 41 §29 Remaining Always Awake, 41 §30 The Passage of Death, the Present of the Passion, the Future of the Resurrection, 42 §31 Theological Actuality and Phenomenological Possibility, 43 7 The Narrow Road of Anxiety 45 §32 Indefiniteness, Reduction to Nothing, and Isolation, 45 §33 The Strait Gate, 46 §34 Anxiety over "Simply Death," 47 §35 Indefiniteness (Putting off the Cup) and the Powerless Power of God, 47 §36 Reduction to Nothing and Kenosis, 52 §37 The Isolation of Humankind and Communion with the Father, 54 §38 Of Anxiety Endured on the Horizon of Death, 55 8 Death and Its Possibilities 57 §39 Manner of Living, Possibility of the Impossibility, and Death as "Mineness," 57 §40 Being Vigilant at Gethsemane, 59 §41 From the Actuality of the Corpse to Possibilities for the Living, 60 §42 The Death That Is Always His: Suffering in God; The Gift of His Life and Refusal of Mastery, 63 §43 The Flesh Forgotten, 66 PART III: THE BODY-TO-BODY OF SUFFERING AND DEATH §44 Disappropriation and Incarnation, 69 §45 Embedding in the Flesh and Burial in the Earth, 70 9 From Self-Relinquishment to the Entry into the Flesh 73 §46 Suffering the World, 73 §47 Living in the World, 74 §48 Otherness and Corruptibility, 74 §49 Self-Relinquishment, 75 §50 Passing to the Father, 76 §51 Oneself as an Other, 77 §52 Destitution and Auto-Affection, 78 §53 Alterity and Fraternity, 79 §54 Entry into the Flesh, 80 §55 The Anxiety "in" the Flesh, 81 §56 Toward Dumb Experience, 82 10 Suffering Occluded 84 §57 An Opportunity Thwarted, 84 §58 Called into Question, 86 §59 Toward a Phenomenology of Suffering, 86 11 Suffering Incarnate 88 §60 Perceiving, or the Challenge of the Toucher-Touching, 88 §61 The Modes of the Incarnate Being, 91 §62 The Excess of the Suffering Body, 94 12 The Revealing Sword 97 §63 Sobbing and Tears, 97 §64 Fleshly Exodus, 99 §65 The Vulnerable Flesh, 100 §66 The Non-Substitutable Substitution, 101 §67 The Act of Surrendering Oneself, 103 §68 Toward a Revelation, 104 §69 Useless Suffering, 104 Conclusion: The In-Fans [without-Speech] or the Silent Flesh 107 Epilogue: From One Triptych to Another 111 Notes 115 Index 157
Translator's Note xiii Preface to the English-Language Edition xv Opening: The Isenheim Altarpiece or "The Taking on Board of Suffering" xvii Introduction: Shifting Understandings of Anxiety 1 PART I: THE FACE-TO-FACE OF FINITUDE 1 From the Burden of Death to Flight before Death 7 §1 The Burden of Death, 7 §2 Fleeing from Death, 8 2 The Face of Death or Anxiety over Finitude 10 §3 Death "for Us" Humans, 10 §4 Genesis and Its Symbolism, 11 §5 The Mask of Perfection, 12 §6 The Image of Finitude in Man, 13 §7 Finitude: Finite and Infinite, 16 §8 Finitude and Anxiety, 16 §9 The Eclipse of Finitude, 17 §10 The Face of Death, 18 §11 To Die "with," 19 3 The Temptation of Despair or Anxiety over Sin 22 §13 Inevitable Death, 22 §14 The Conquest of Sin, 22 §15 Sin and Anxiety, 23 §16 The Temptation of Despair, 24 4 From the Affirmation of Meaninglessness to the Suspension of Meaning 26 §17 The Life Sentence, 26 §18 The Christian Witness, 27 §19 Meaninglessness and the Suspension of Meaning, 27 PART II: CHRIST FACED WITH ANXIETY OVER DEATH §20 Two Meditations on Death, 29 §21 Alarm and Anxiety, 31 5 The Fear of Dying and Christ's "Alarm" 33 §22 Taking on Fear and Abandonment, 33 §23 The Cup, Sadness, and Sleep, 34 §24 Resignation, Waiting, and Heroism, 35 §25 The Silence at the End, 36 §26 The Scenarios of Death, 37 §27 The Triple Failure of the Staging, 38 §28 From Alarm to Anxiety, 39 6 God's Vigil 41 §29 Remaining Always Awake, 41 §30 The Passage of Death, the Present of the Passion, the Future of the Resurrection, 42 §31 Theological Actuality and Phenomenological Possibility, 43 7 The Narrow Road of Anxiety 45 §32 Indefiniteness, Reduction to Nothing, and Isolation, 45 §33 The Strait Gate, 46 §34 Anxiety over "Simply Death," 47 §35 Indefiniteness (Putting off the Cup) and the Powerless Power of God, 47 §36 Reduction to Nothing and Kenosis, 52 §37 The Isolation of Humankind and Communion with the Father, 54 §38 Of Anxiety Endured on the Horizon of Death, 55 8 Death and Its Possibilities 57 §39 Manner of Living, Possibility of the Impossibility, and Death as "Mineness," 57 §40 Being Vigilant at Gethsemane, 59 §41 From the Actuality of the Corpse to Possibilities for the Living, 60 §42 The Death That Is Always His: Suffering in God; The Gift of His Life and Refusal of Mastery, 63 §43 The Flesh Forgotten, 66 PART III: THE BODY-TO-BODY OF SUFFERING AND DEATH §44 Disappropriation and Incarnation, 69 §45 Embedding in the Flesh and Burial in the Earth, 70 9 From Self-Relinquishment to the Entry into the Flesh 73 §46 Suffering the World, 73 §47 Living in the World, 74 §48 Otherness and Corruptibility, 74 §49 Self-Relinquishment, 75 §50 Passing to the Father, 76 §51 Oneself as an Other, 77 §52 Destitution and Auto-Affection, 78 §53 Alterity and Fraternity, 79 §54 Entry into the Flesh, 80 §55 The Anxiety "in" the Flesh, 81 §56 Toward Dumb Experience, 82 10 Suffering Occluded 84 §57 An Opportunity Thwarted, 84 §58 Called into Question, 86 §59 Toward a Phenomenology of Suffering, 86 11 Suffering Incarnate 88 §60 Perceiving, or the Challenge of the Toucher-Touching, 88 §61 The Modes of the Incarnate Being, 91 §62 The Excess of the Suffering Body, 94 12 The Revealing Sword 97 §63 Sobbing and Tears, 97 §64 Fleshly Exodus, 99 §65 The Vulnerable Flesh, 100 §66 The Non-Substitutable Substitution, 101 §67 The Act of Surrendering Oneself, 103 §68 Toward a Revelation, 104 §69 Useless Suffering, 104 Conclusion: The In-Fans [without-Speech] or the Silent Flesh 107 Epilogue: From One Triptych to Another 111 Notes 115 Index 157
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