Gillian Rose (1947-95) was arguably the most original and
significant recent philosopher of the Continental tradition in the
English-speaking world. Originally from a secular Jewish
background, her thought evolved towards deeper sympathy for both
Jewish and Christian religious tradition. And she chose to be
baptized on her deathbed. Struck down by cancer in the prime of her
career, she is known for her lyrical memoir Love's Work, written
during her final illness. But she was also a notable critic of
prevalent philosophic and theological fashions: postmodernism,
'Holocaust piety', Radical Orthodoxy. This is the first systematic
study of Rose's profound, often difficult, but always
thought-provoking work as a whole. Starting from her baptism, it is
an attempt to interpret that final commitment of faith in the light
of her earlier thought. Above all: her testimony to the demands of
the 'broken middle', where thinking is most pulled apart but also
most alive. Andrew Shanks is the Canon Theologian of Manchester
Cathedral.Amongst his previous works are Faith in Honesty (2005)
and The Other Calling (2007). 'This book offers its readers
something that is urgently needed, a clear, lively and readable
'way in' to the difficult, but fascinating writings of Gillian
Rose, one of the most dauntingly original and significant social
critics and thinkers of our time. Her seemingly unaccountable and
yet, at a deeper level, profoundly consistent spiritual and
intellectual journey now appears to be of the greatest importance
to all of us.' The Rt Revd Simon Barrington-Ward, former Bishop of
Coventry 'Gillian Rose admired 'Miss Marple' amongst a multitude of
thinkers from an astonishing range of sources. Her own truly
formidable intelligence displayed itself in writings which Andrew
Shanks splendidly makes it possible for us to 'read'. He is rightly
concerned with her passion for sustaining long-term institutions
for those of profoundly different mind, more or less free of
delusions of innocence, and capable of negotiating unspeakable
memories. The very intensity of her thinking brought her to 'hope
out of hell', to Christian faith, and to baptism on her death bed
from cancer in mid-career. Andrew Shanks shows us why we should
take her very seriously indeed.' Ann Loades, CBE, Professorial
Fellow St Chad's College, and Professor Emerita of Divinity,
University of Durham,
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