The gift of the other
Subtitle: Levinas, Derrida, and a theology of hospitality
By: Andrew Shepherd ; with a foreword by Steven Bouma-Prediger
Contributors: Bouma-Prediger, Steven
Series: Princeton theological monograph series -- 207
Publisher: Pickwick Publications; Cascade Books
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781620327661
Subjects: Religion; Christentum; Theologie; Hospitality; Gastfreundschaft; Christianity
Description: Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought of French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and argues that a true vision of hospitality is ultimately found not in postmodern philosophies but in the Christian narrative.
Notes: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Otago, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264).
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A world for all?; title: The transcendence of the other and infinite responsibility: the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas; title: Unconditional hospitality, the gift of deconstruction? : the philosophy of Jacques Derrida; title: Levinasian and Derridean hospitality: ethics beyond ontology?; title: Gifted, called, and named: Trinitarian personhood and an ontology of communion; title: A tête à tête: wrestling with the other; title: "LOGOS," "sacrificial substitute," and "eikon": christology and the overcoming of hostility; title: A tête à tête: seen by the other; title: Dwelling in Christ and the in-dwelling other: forming the ecclesial and eschatological self; title: A tête à tête: a drink with the other; title: Performing a different script: participation in the practice of ecclesial hospitality; title: A tête à tête: hosted by the other; title: Conclusion: Grounded hospitality: community, ecological care, and inter-faith relationships.