Givenness and God

After the subject" and beyond Heideggerian ontology,

Marion suggests, there is the sheer givenness of

phenomena without condition. In theology, this liberation

means rethinking God in terms of phenomena such as

love, gift, and excess. In addition to an important essay

by Marion, "The Reason of the Gift," and a dialogue

between Marion and Richard Kearney, this book contains

stimulating essays by ten other contributors: Lilian Alweiss,

Eoin Cassidy, Mark Dooley, Brian Elliott, Ian Leask,

Shane Mackinlay, Derek Morrow, John O'Donohue,

Joseph S. O'Leary, and Felix Murchadha.