Jean-Yves Lacoste
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Jean-Yves Lacoste is a philosopher associated with what Dominique Janicaud called the "theological turn in phenomenology" along with other influential French phenomenologists like Michel Henry
, Jean-Luc Marion
, and Jean-Louis Chrétien. Lacoste's work straddles philosophy and theology, and displays an interest in what might be called postmodern themes, who works in Paris
and Cambridge
, holding a life membership at Clare Hall. Lacoste's influential 1994 book, Experience and the Absolute argues against the modern prizing of "religious experience" and defends the view that God is knowable as lovable, and does not give himself by way of experience or feeling.
In 2010, Lacoste delivered the James W. Richards lectures at the University of Virginia
, where he is currently Visiting Professor of Religious Studies. His paper, entitled "From Theology to Theological Thinking", called for erasing rigid distinctions between philosophical and theological disciplines.
His publications include:
Michel Henry
Michel Henry was a French philosopher and novelist. He wrote five novels and numerous philosophical works. He also lectured at universities in France, Belgium, the United States of America, and Japan.- Biography :...
, Jean-Luc Marion
Jean-Luc Marion
Jean-Luc Marion is among the best-known living philosophers in France, former student of Jacques Derrida and one of the leading Catholic thinkers of modern times. Marion's take on the postmodern is informed by his expertise in patristic and mystical theology, phenomenology, and modern philosophy...
, and Jean-Louis Chrétien. Lacoste's work straddles philosophy and theology, and displays an interest in what might be called postmodern themes, who works in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and Cambridge
Cambridge
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, holding a life membership at Clare Hall. Lacoste's influential 1994 book, Experience and the Absolute argues against the modern prizing of "religious experience" and defends the view that God is knowable as lovable, and does not give himself by way of experience or feeling.
In 2010, Lacoste delivered the James W. Richards lectures at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, where he is currently Visiting Professor of Religious Studies. His paper, entitled "From Theology to Theological Thinking", called for erasing rigid distinctions between philosophical and theological disciplines.
His publications include:
- Note sur le temps: Essai sur les raisons de la mémoire et de l'espérance, 1990
- Expérience et absolu: Questions disputées sur l'humanité de l'homme (Experience and the Absolute: Disputed Questions on the Humanity of Man), 1994
- Le Monde et l'absence d'oeuvre, 2000
- Dictionnaire critique de théologie, ed., Encyclopedia of Christian Theology, New York : Routledge, 2005
- La phénoménalité de Dieu : Neuf études', 2008