In our times, Phenomenology brings challenge and opportunity to think about God. In this article, I examine the dependence of God on Being in Heidegger’s thought, focusing on three dimensions: the onto-theo-logical constitution of metaphysics, the pre-turn dependence of theology on philosophy, and the post-turn dependence of God on the truth of Beyng. Contrasting with this, I analyse how Marion critiques the subordination of God to Being as a form of idolatry, proposing instead that love, as sel…
Read moreIn our times, Phenomenology brings challenge and opportunity to think about God. In this article, I examine the dependence of God on Being in Heidegger’s thought, focusing on three dimensions: the onto-theo-logical constitution of metaphysics, the pre-turn dependence of theology on philosophy, and the post-turn dependence of God on the truth of Beyng. Contrasting with this, I analyse how Marion critiques the subordination of God to Being as a form of idolatry, proposing instead that love, as self-giving, constitutes the proper horizon for thinking God. Then I explore how, within this horizon of love, “praise” emerges as a non-objectifying discourse that responds to God. Finally, I shall show that while Marion’s proposal is predicated on a strategic reading of Heidegger’s “Being,” this theoretical choice transcends Heidegger’s methodological agnosticism and opens a new phenomenological path for thinking the personal God.
