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020055 SE Theology & Phenomenology (2013W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 2 - Evangelische Theologie
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung

FR 12-14:00
1. Termin: 4.10.2013
Fast immer im HS 3 außer am 11.10., 22.11. und 29.11. 2013 im HS 2
Beide befinden sich in der Schenkenstraße 8-10, 1010 Wien
HS 3 befindet sich im 6. Stock und HS 2 im 5. Stock des Gebäudes

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max. 20 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch

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Lecturer: Dr. Jason W. Alvis
Contact: j.wesley.alvis@gmail.com
Office Hours: email for appointment

"We cannot simply appoint ourselves to police the presumed clear-cut border between philosophy and theology; we must first, as philosophers, call into question where the border is drawn." --Jean-Louis Chrétien

Course Description:
After a century of outright dismissal and rejection of theology in phenomenological circles (and much of contemporary philosophy as well), a new debate has emerged as to its relevance and importance for phenomenology. Similarly, the last 15 years has yielded the so-called "Return to Religion" in "continental" philosophy, especially in France and the U.S. This "return" has led us to once again question the relationship between theology and philosophy, with a new energy, returning us to Tertullian's age-old question: "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?"

We will explore the the latest and most recent works in the last decade from thinkers like Jean-Luc Nancy, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Jean-Luc Marion. One is generally familiar with what "Theology" is, but what is Phenomenology? As Wilshire puts it, "phenomenology is the attempt to see clearly what we typically take completely for granted, what we feel we can ignore." So in this course we will carefully consider some of the ways in which a few scholars have recently used phenomenological tools to consider theological concepts; the results of which has been a breath of new life for those concepts, some of which have been ignored, overlooked, and taken for granted in such discourse. This course will aid students in creatively exploring the purpose, meaning and signification of certain theological concepts, actions, practices, and beliefs, and by the end, students will be able to use the tools of phenomenology in order to also re-think theology.

This course will act as an introduction to the field, so no prior training (though helpful) in phenomenology, French philosophy, or theology is necessary. This course will be "part two" to Michael Staudigl's "Phenomenology and Religion" course in the Summer Term, 2013.

Language:
This course will be accessible for students whose English skills are still "in practice." Therefore, do not be intimidated. Though course conversations will mostly be in English, the student will have the choice to read texts in English, German or French, when available. The course will proceed through a variety of methods, from in class discussions, to youtube videos and lectures.

Topics:
We will consider the questions: Can phenomenology reveal Theological truths, perhaps even in ways that traditional methods in Theology cannot or has not? And secondly, can theology actually inform phenomenology and philosophy? We will also consider matters such as the relationship between philosophy and religion, the relevance of Postmodernism, and also how these thinkers have phenomenologically considered themes like violence, liturgy, prayer, eros, and transgression.

Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel

Course discussion, Papers, Written take-home final exam

Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

The course objective is to provide students with opportunity to study, discuss, and reflect upon selected important phenomenological texts, from Heidegger, to contemporary French phenomenologists, to some contemporary continental European philosophers on the periphery of phenomenology and/or in critical relation to it. The goal is to begin to think phenomenologically, especially about theological concepts and ideas. It will be necessary to pay attention to, and describe the texts in question.

Prüfungsstoff

Discussions, Lectures, Papers, and Videos.

Literatur

Our readings will often be short essays. When available, students may purchase and use texts in German, if they prefer. With some background reading in Heidegger and Derrida, this course will focus on the latest and most recent works from thinkers like Jean-Luc Nancy, Jean-Yves Lacoste, Jean-Luc Marion, Michel Henry, Jean-Louis Chrétien. Our readings will often be short essays or selections of chapters.

Michel Henry, Words of Christ (Paroles du Christ). Eerdmans, 2012. (OR in German: Christi Worte: Eine Phänomenologie der Sprache und Offenbarungvon Michel Henry, Rolf Kühn und Maurice de Coulon, 12. Januar 2010).
Jean-Luc Marion, In The Self’s Place: The Approach of St. Augustine, Stanford, 2012.
Jean-Luc Marion “The Irreducible” translated by Jason W. Alvis. Unpublished, 2013.
Jacques Derrida. Speech and Phenomena: and other essays on Husserl’s Theory of Signs. 1967.
Jean-Yves Lacoste, Experience and The Absolute: Disputed Questions on the Humanity of Man. Fordham 2004.
Jean-Louis Chrétien from Phenomenology and the “Theological Turn,” Dominique Janicaud et. al., Fordham, 2000.
Jean-Luc Nancy, Adoration: The Deconstruction of Christianity II, Fordham Press, New York, 2013.
The New Phenomenology. J. Aaron Simmons, Bruce Ellis Benson. Bloomsbury Press, August 2013.

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Letzte Änderung: Mo 07.09.2020 15:27