Continental philosophers of religion have been engaging with theological issues, concepts and questions for several decades, blurring the borders between the domains of philosophy and theology. Yet when Emmanuel Falque proclaims that both theologians and philosophers need not be afraid of crossing the Rubicon - the point of no return - between these often artificially separated disciplines, he scandalised both camps. Despite the scholarly reservations, the theological turn in French phenomenology has decisively happened. The challenge is now to interpret what this given fact of creative encounters between philosophy and theology means for these disciplines. In this collection, written by both theologians and philosophers, the question "Must we cross the Rubicon?" is central. However, rather than simply opposing or subscribing to Falque's position, the individual chapters of this book interrogate and critically reflect on the relationship between theology and philosophy, offering novel perspectives and redrawing the outlines of their borderlands.
Foreword Richard Kearney (Boston College) Introduction Martin Koci and Jason W. Alvis (University of Vienna), Transgressing the Boundaries: Introducing Emmanuel Falque I. Interpreting Emmanuel Falque Emmanuel Falque (Institut Catholique de Paris), Philosophy and Theology: New Boundaries Bruce Ellis Benson (St Andrews), Where is the Philosophical/Theological Rubicon?: Toward a Radical Rethinking of "Religion" Jakub Capek (Charles University, Prague), Philosophy and Theology: What Happens When We Cross the Boundary? William C. Woody (Boston College), Foreign Exchange or Hostile Incursion Tamsin Jones (Trinity College Hartford), The Geography of the Rubicon: Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies in the American Context II. Emmanuel Falque in Comparison William L. Connelly (Institut Catholique de Paris), At the Confluence of Phenomenology and Non-Phenomenology: Maurice Blondel and Emmanuel Falque Katerina Koci (Charles University, Prague), A Friendly Tussle between Hermeneutics and Phenomenology: From Ricoeur to Falque and Beyond Lorenza Bottacin Cantoni (University of Padova), Hoc est corpus meum: Kenosis, Responsibility and the Ethics of the Spread Body between Levinas and Falque Francesca Peruzzotti (Institut Catholique de Paris/San Carlo College Modena), God's word and the human word. Philosophy and theology in Emmanuel Falque's phenomenology III. Constructive-Critical Engagements Carla Canullo (University of Macerata), Oportet transire: How "Crossing" becomes a questio de homine Andrew Sackin-Poll (University of Cambridge), Phenomenology and the Metaphysics of Conversion Barnabas Asprey (University of Cambridge), Transforming Heideggerian Finitude? Following Pathways Opened by Emmanuel Falque Victor Emma-Adamah (University of Cambridge), The Sense of Finitude: A Blondelian Engagement Steven DeLay (Woolf University), The Power at Work Within Us Conclusion Emmanuel Falque, To Die of Not Writing
