the metaphysical insight of Claude Bruaire L�opez, Antonio 1968- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography Electronic books. dcu Washington, D.C Catholic University of America Press c2006 2006 monographic eng

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xii, 262 p. Part I: Self-determining freedom -- The encounter between philosophy and theology -- From theology to philosophy -- The whole of reason -- Christian intimations of philosophy -- Anthropology beckons -- A theological reading of Hegel -- Hegel's logic revisited -- Anthropology's seeming negativity -- Absolute's freedom -- Self-disclosing gift -- Absolute freedom and spirit -- The logic of mercy -- Part II: The ontology of gift -- Retrieving the spirit -- Otherness and surprise as the beginning of metaphysics -- Positivistic reduction and promethean presumption -- The concept of the spirit and its manifestation -- Phenomenology of spirit -- An ontology of gift : finite spirit -- Giving before having -- Gratuitous reciprocity -- A perilous existence -- Altogether gift : absolute spirit -- The absolute principle -- Absolute gift : the infinite, the creator, and the eternal -- God's unfathomable love : the confirmation of the gift -- Love's ruse : the ultimate positivity of gift -- Three persons and the one personal God -- The kingdom of the Father -- Trinity and person -- Confirmation of finite spirit. Antonio L�opez. Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-251) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Bruaire, Claude 1932-1986 Generosity Gifts Philosophical theology Christianity Philosophy Metaphysics BJ1533.G4 L67 2006eb 194 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273941 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273941 CaPaEBR 050610 ebr10273941