| Description |
xii, 262 p. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-251) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Self-determining freedom -- The encounter between philosophy and theology -- From theology to philosophy -- The whole of reason -- Christian intimations of philosophy -- Anthropology beckons -- A theological reading of Hegel -- Hegel's logic revisited -- Anthropology's seeming negativity -- Absolute's freedom -- Self-disclosing gift -- Absolute freedom and spirit -- The logic of mercy -- Part II: The ontology of gift -- Retrieving the spirit -- Otherness and surprise as the beginning of metaphysics -- Positivistic reduction and promethean presumption -- The concept of the spirit and its manifestation -- Phenomenology of spirit -- An ontology of gift : finite spirit -- Giving before having -- Gratuitous reciprocity -- A perilous existence -- Altogether gift : absolute spirit -- The absolute principle -- Absolute gift : the infinite, the creator, and the eternal -- God's unfathomable love : the confirmation of the gift -- Love's ruse : the ultimate positivity of gift -- Three persons and the one personal God -- The kingdom of the Father -- Trinity and person -- Confirmation of finite spirit. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Bruaire, Claude, 1932-1986.
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Generosity.
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Gifts.
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Philosophical theology.
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Christianity -- Philosophy.
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Metaphysics.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0813214432 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780813214436 |
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