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If Creation Is A Gift eBook

by Mark Manolopoulos
language: english
Publisher: State University of New York Press, March of 2009 ‧
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Brings an ecotheological perspective to postmodern gift theory.

What if our world were considered a gift? Extending postmodern gift theory to ecological and ecotheological concerns, Mark Manolopoulos explores how "creation"-the what-is-can be seen as a gift. Creation, when viewed in a radically egalitarian way, is the matrix of all material things-human, otherwise-than-human, or humanly manufactured. Utilizing and critiquing the work of Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion, Manolopoulos argues that the gift is an irresolvable paradox marked by the contradictory elements of excess (gratuity, linearity) and exchange (gratitude, return). Philosophical and theological reflections on the gift become entangled in its paradoxical tension, but ultimately both aspects must be respected and reflected. When it comes to the creation-gift, we should vacillate between responses like letting-be, enjoyment, utility, and return. Elegantly written and thought-provoking, If Creation Is a Gift both contributes to the ongoing debate on the gift and provides a fresh philosophical and theological consideration of the environmental crisis.

If Creation Is A Gift

by Mark Manolopoulos

Property Description
ISBN: 9780791494028
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date: March of 2009
Language: English
Pages: 198
Format: eBook
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Collection: Suny Series In Theology And Continental Thought
Categories: eBooks in English > Faith & Religion > Theological Studies
eBooks in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Philosophy
EAN: 9780791494028
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