Spirit's gift : the metaphysical insight of Claude Bruaire / Antonio López.

Author/creator López, Antonio, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxii, 262 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 231-251) and index.
LCCN 2005016826
ISBN0813214432 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780813214436

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Joyner General Stacks BJ1533.G4 L67 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold