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The Gift of the Other - Levinas, Derrida, and a Theology of Hospitality (Paperback)
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The Gift of the Other - Levinas, Derrida, and a Theology of Hospitality (Paperback)
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We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of
consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to
our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in
the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian
Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome strangers, to care for
the widow and the orphan, and to build relationships with those
distant from us. But how, in this world of hostility and
commodification, do we practice hospitality? In The Gift of the
Other, Andrew Shepherd engages deeply with the influential thought
of French thinkers Emmanuel Levinas and Jacques Derrida, and argues
that a true vision of hospitality is ultimately found not in
postmodern philosophies but in the Christian narrative. The book
offers a compelling Trinitarian account of the God of hospitality -
a God of communion who 'makes room' for otherness, who overcomes
the hostility of the world though Jesus' life, death, and
resurrection, and who through the work of the Spirit is forming a
new community: the Church - a people of welcome.
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