AUC THEOLOGICA
AUC THEOLOGICA

AUC Theologica is a peer-reviewed journal for theology published twice a year. As we publish original papers in English, German, French, and Italian, our mission is to serve as a platform both for Czech researchers, who can present their research results in these languages, and for international contributors, who are invited to enter the academic theological discussion in the heart of Europe.

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AUC THEOLOGICA, Vol 14 No 1 (2024), 9–29

Phänomenologie und Offenbarung bei Jean-Luc Marion

[Phenomenology and Revelation According to Jean-Luc Marion]

Josef Wohlmuth

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363398.2024.4
published online: 01. 11. 2024

abstract

The article explores the relationship between phenomenon and revelation, primarily on the basis of Being Given: Toward a Phenomenology of Givenness by Jean-Luc Marion. The focus is on Marion’s notion of givenness (inspired by Edmund Husserl), on which he bases his new type of phenomenology of givenness. In a critical discussion with Kant, it is shown that the so-called saturated phenomenon is neither constituted as an object nor can it be related back to an ego. The saturated phenomena show themselves of their own motion, they give themselves in their own non-reducibility. They can only be witnessed by the ego. Four types of such saturated phenomena are presented: event, idol, corporeity and icon. The highest degree of phenomenality is achieved in the phenomenon of revelation. Marion presents Jesus Christ as an example of a possible revelation. The manifestation of Jesus Christ stands for a phenomenon of revelation that unites all forms of saturation in itself, namely in the mode of paradox. The revelation in Jesus Christ is thus presented as a paradigm of a phenomenological revelation.

keywords: Phenomenology; Revelation; Givenness; Saturated Phenomena; Jean-Luc Marion

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