"In the Embrace of Absolute Life": A Reading of Christology and Selfhood in Michel Henry's "Christian Trilogy"
Authors
Vanderleek, Ethan P.Advisors
Ansell, NicholasAffiliation
Institute for Christian StudiesIssue Date
2016-04Keywords
Henry, Michel, 1922-2002Philosophy, French
Phenomenology
Christology
Self (Philosophy)
Selfhood
Truth
Salvation
Human condition
Revelation
Christian philosophy
Atonement
Pneumatology
Ecclesiology
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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.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.Publisher
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