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Title

The call of the Holy : Heidegger - Chauvet - Benedict XVI / Hal St. John.

Author

St. John, Hal.

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2012.

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Description

xvi, 216 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This title provides an enquiry into the sacramental theology of Chauvet, Heidegger and Benedict XVI. Chauvet is the voice of contemporary Catholic sacramental theology. His ideas are assimilated by students of theology (particularly, the liturgy) throughout the French and English speaking world more or less without critical appraisal. This is because his major work Symbole et Sacrement is interdisciplinary, moving from a scholastic theological view of sacraments, through a philosophical enquiry both into Heidegger's thought and into theorists of language, to a consideration of anthropology and the monographs of ethnographers. Few readers of Chauvet are equipped with the inter-disciplinary resources to question his theological conclusions. The Call of the Holy revisits Chauvet's sources, with special emphasis on Heidegger's philosophical writings. It uncovers serious omissions in Chauvet's appropriation of Heidegger's thought. These omissions destabilise Chauvet's theological positions and have far-reaching implications, given the influence of Chauvet's thought, for contemporary Catholic sacramental theology.

Series Statement

T&T Clark Studies in fundamental liturgy

Alternative Title

Heidegger - Chauvet - Benedict XVI

Subject

• Chauvet, Louis-Marie, 1942-
• Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022
• Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976
• Sacramentals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-210) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Chauvet and Heidegger -- Chauvet and Eucharist -- Heidegger and Das Nichts -- Heidegger and ethics -- Heidegger and sacrifice.

ISBN

• 9780567566201 (hbk.)
• 056756620X (hbk.)

OCLC

• 825171172
• SCSB-12198531

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library