TY - BOOK AU - L�opez,Antonio ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Spirit's gift: the metaphysical insight of Claude Bruaire AV - BJ1533.G4 L67 2006eb U1 - 194 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Catholic University of America Press KW - Bruaire, Claude, KW - Generosity KW - Gifts KW - Philosophical theology KW - Christianity KW - Philosophy KW - Metaphysics KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-251) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10273941 ER -