Levinas and Theology

Emmanuel Levinas was a significant contributor to the field of philosophy, phenomenology and religion. A key interpreter of Husserl, he stressed the importance of attitudes to other people in any philosophical system. For Levinas, to be a subject is to take responsibility for others as well as yourself. He regarded ethics as the foundation for all other philosophy, but later admitted it could also be the foundation for theology. Michael Purcell outlines the basic themes of Levinas' thought and the ways in which they might be deployed in fundamental and practical theology, and the study of the phenomenon of religion.

Author: Michael Purcell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/01/2006
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.48w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780521012805

About the Author
Purcell, Michael: - Michael Purcell is lecturer in Systematic Theology in the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. He is author of Mystery and Method: The Other in Rahner and Levinas (1998).

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