God Without Being Hors-Texte, Second Edition
God Without Being Hors-Texte, Second Edition by Jean-Luc Marion, published by University of Chicago Press in July 2012, is a significant work in the fields of philosophy and religious thought. This edition, comprising 313 pages, presents Marion’s challenge to the traditional philosophical and theological premise that God must exist before all else. Engaging with the ideas of Heidegger, Marion introduces the concept of a “God without Being,” emphasizing the notion of God as love and charity, which precedes existence.
Readers will find that this book delves into complex discussions surrounding metaphysics, agnosticism, and Christian theology. Marion’s exploration of the relationship between God and love offers a contemporary perspective that is both provocative and thought-provoking. This second edition includes a new preface and a 2003 essay on Thomas Aquinas, enriching the text for scholars and students interested in the intersections of philosophy and religion.
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Jean-Luc Marion is one of the world’s foremost philosophers of religion as well as one of the leading Catholic thinkers of modern times. In God Without Being, Marion challenges a fundamental premise of traditional philosophy, theology, and metaphysics: that God, before all else, must be. Taking a characteristically postmodern stance and engaging in passionate dialogue with Heidegger, he locates a “God without Being” in the realm of agape, or Christian charity and love. If God is love, Marion contends, then God loves before he actually is.
First translated into English in 1991, God Without Being continues to be a key book for discussions of the nature of God. This second edition contains a new preface by Marion as well as his 2003 essay on Thomas Aquinas. Offering a controversial, contemporary perspective, God Without Being will remain essential reading for scholars and students of philosophy and religion. “Daring and profound. . . . In matters most central to his thesis, [Marion]’s control is admirable, and his attunement to the nuances of other major postmodern thinkers is impressive.”—Theological Studies “A truly remarkable work.”—First Things “Very rewarding reading.”—Religious Studies Review
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