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The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eros, the Body, and the Eucharist (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

The Wedding Feast of the Lamb: Eros, the Body, and the Eucharist (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

by George Hughes (Author), George Hughes (Author), Emmanuel Falque (Author)

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Synopsis

Emmanuel Falque's The Wedding Feast of the Lamb represents a turning point in his thought. Here, Falque links philosophy and theology in an original fashion that allows us to see the full effect of theology's backlash against philosophy.

By attending closely to the incarnation and the eucharist, Falque develops a new concept of the body and of love: By avoiding the common mistake of angelism -consciousness without body-Falque considers the depths to which our humanity reflects animality, or body without consciousness. He shows the continued relevance of the question How can this man give us his flesh to eat? (John 6:52), especially to philosophy.

We need to question the meaning of this is my body in a way that responds to the needs of our time (Vatican II). Because of the ways that Hoc est corpus meum has shaped our culture and our modernity, this is a problem both for religious belief and for culture.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 328
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Fordham University Press
Published: 01 Sep 2016
ISBN 10: 0823270416
ISBN 13: 9780823270415

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Animality, embodiedness, and eros: such, for Emmanuel Falque, are the grounds for our hope as we kneel before the altar and await the words of consecration in the Eucharist and behold not only what nourishes us here but also an intimacy promised to us hereafter. Here, as a complement to theologies of the Eucharist, is a phenomenology of the sacred liturgy: perhaps the most capacious account of our desire for Christ in the Sacrament offered to us by a contemporary. -- -Kevin Hart The University of Virginia
Author Bio
Emmanuel Falque is Honorary Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Paris. George Hughes has served as Professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo. George Hughes was Professor in the Faculty of Letters at the University of Tokyo.