{"product_id":"the-nicene-option-an-incarnational-phenomenology-9781481313728","title":"The Nicene Option: An Incarnational Phenomenology","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian philosophy and philosophy of religion tend to be dominated by analytic approaches, which have brought a valuable logical rigor to the discussion of matters of belief. However, the perspectives of continental philosophy--in particular, the continental emphasis on embodied forms of knowing--still have much to offer to the conversation and our understanding of what it means to be both rational and faithful in a postmodern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e represents the full sweep of James K. A. Smith's work in continental philosophy of religion over the past twenty years. Animated by the conviction that a philosophy of religion needs to be philosophical reflection on the \u003ci\u003epractice\u003c\/i\u003e of religion, as a \"form of life\" (as Wittgenstein would say), this book makes the case for the distinct contribution that phenomenology--as a philosophy of experience--can make to philosophy of religion and Christian philosophy. Engaging a range of philosophers in this tradition, including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Luc Marion, Richard Rorty, and Charles Taylor, Smith's constructive proposal coheres around what he describes as \"the logic of incarnation,\" a \"Nicene option\" in contemporary philosophy of religion. By grounding philosophy of religion in the doctrinal heart of Christian confession, Smith gestures toward a uniquely robust Christian philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides issuing a clarion call for the renaissance of continental philosophy of religion, \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e also offers a glimpse behind the scholarly curtain for a wider audience of readers familiar with Smith's popular works such as \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Postmodernism?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImagining the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYou Are What You Love\u003c\/i\u003e--all of which are tacitly informed by the phenomenological approach articulated in this book. As an extended footnote to those works--which for many readers have been gateways to philosophy-- \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e presents an invitation to a new depth of reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames K. A. Smith is Professor of Philosophy at Calvin University and serves as editor in chief of Image, a literary quarterly at the intersection of art, faith, and mystery. He is the award-winning author of more than twenty books, including \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Postmodernism?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow (Not) to Be Secular\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eYou Are What You Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOn the Road with Saint Augustine\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baylor University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50533684085010,"sku":"9781481313728","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02f9c603-81b4-48d8-af2d-8321e97d5b63.jpg?v=1731409278","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nicene-option-an-incarnational-phenomenology-9781481313728","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}