“Defiant, moving, and vastly challenging, this book contains intellectual drama of the highest order. . . The magnificence and great strangeness of the book, a sweeping blast at the modern history of Western civilization leveled from the perspective of the lost world of a Christian critique of representation, will jolt English-language readers.”—Douglas Collins, University of Washington\ “Henry’s unique and fascinating approach to phenomenological theory... deserves careful and attentive...
A part of the “return to religion” now evident in European philosophy, this book represents the culmination of the career of a leading phenomenologist who investigates the multiple kinds of truth associated with Christianity.
Note on TerminologyIntroduction: What Do We Mean by "Christianity"?11Truth of the World122The Truth According to Christianity213This Truth Called Life334The Self-Generation of Life as Generation of the First Living535The Phenomenology of Christ696Man as "Son of God"947Man as "Son Within the Son"1128Forgetting the Condition of Son: "Me, I"/"Me, Ego"1339The Second Birth15210The Christian Ethic17111The Paradoxes of Christianity19112The Word of God, Scripture21513Christianity and the World234Conclusion: Christianity and the Modern World259Notes279