Vanderleek, Ethan P.

dc.contributor.advisor	Ansell, Nicholas	en
dc.contributor.author	Vanderleek, Ethan P.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-09-01T15:32:25Z
dc.date.available	2016-09-01T15:32:25Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04
dc.identifier.citation	Vanderleek, Ethan P. ""In the Embrace of Absolute Life": A Reading of Christology and Selfhood in Michel Henry's "Christian Trilogy." MA (Philosophy) Institute for Christian Studies, 2016.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10756/619243
dc.description.abstract	Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading 20th century French philosopher in the school of phenomenology. The final three books of his career focus on explicitly Christian themes and texts, and these books are now known as his “Christian trilogy”. This essay focuses on this trilogy in an exposition of Henry’s Christology, his concept of the Self, and how Christology and selfhood relate to each other. The exposition of Henry’s thought on this issue is stated in the following thesis, broken into three sections: 1) God always reveals himself as Christ 2) who reveals the Truth of the Self, 3) this revelation being identical with salvation. Said again, 1) God’s Revelation is always God’s self-revelation in Christ, and is never separate from 2) the human condition of the Self as a Son of God, and this condition is never separate from 3) salvation. Revelation, selfhood, and salvation. This essay is largely expository but several constructive attempts are made to apply Henry’s philosophy of Christianity to key theological themes, namely atonement, pneumatology, and ecclesiology.
dc.description.tableofcontents	Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Introduction: Christology and Selfhood After Individualism -- Henry's Concept of Revelation -- Henry's Approach to Self-Knowledge in Christ -- Henry's Path(s) of Salvation -- Conclusion: Henry, Christian Theology, and Spirituality -- Works Cited	en
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dc.publisher	Institute for Christian Studies	en
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dc.subject	Henry, Michel, 1922-2002	en
dc.subject	Philosophy, French	en
dc.subject	Phenomenology	en
dc.subject	Christology	en
dc.subject	Self (Philosophy)	en
dc.subject	Selfhood	en
dc.subject	Truth	en
dc.subject	Salvation	en
dc.subject	Human condition	en
dc.subject	Revelation	en
dc.subject	Christian philosophy	en
dc.subject	Atonement	en
dc.subject	Pneumatology	en
dc.subject	Ecclesiology	en
dc.title	"In the Embrace of Absolute Life": A Reading of Christology and Selfhood in Michel Henry's "Christian Trilogy"	en
dc.type	Thesis	en
dc.contributor.department	Institute for Christian Studies	en
dc.type.degreetitle	Master of Arts (Philosophy)	en
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dc.degree.name	M. A.	en
refterms.dateFOA	2018-03-05T12:46:54Z
html.description.abstract	Michel Henry (1922-2002) was a leading 20th century French philosopher in the school of phenomenology. The final three books of his career focus on explicitly Christian themes and texts, and these books are now known as his “Christian trilogy”. This essay focuses on this trilogy in an exposition of Henry’s Christology, his concept of the Self, and how Christology and selfhood relate to each other. The exposition of Henry’s thought on this issue is stated in the following thesis, broken into three sections: 1) God always reveals himself as Christ 2) who reveals the Truth of the Self, 3) this revelation being identical with salvation. Said again, 1) God’s Revelation is always God’s self-revelation in Christ, and is never separate from 2) the human condition of the Self as a Son of God, and this condition is never separate from 3) salvation. Revelation, selfhood, and salvation. This essay is largely expository but several constructive attempts are made to apply Henry’s philosophy of Christianity to key theological themes, namely atonement, pneumatology, and ecclesiology.
thesis.degree.name	M. A.	en
thesis.degree.level	1	en
thesis.degree.grantor	Institute for Christian Studies	en
thesis.degree.discipline	Philosophy	en