Phenomenology and Eschatology: Not Yet in the Now

This book brings together a world-renowned collection of philosophers and theologians to explore the ways in which the resurgence of eschatological thought in contemporary theology and the continued relevance of phenomenology in philosophy can illuminate each other. Through a series of phenomenological analyses of key eschatological concepts and detailed readings in some of the key figures of both disciplines, this text reveals that phenomenology and eschatology cannot be fully understood without each other: without eschatology, phenomenology would not have developed the ethical and futural aspects that characterize it today; without phenomenology, eschatology would remain relegated to the sidelines of serious theological discourse. Along the way, such diverse themes as time, death, parousia, and the call are re-examined and redefined. Containing new contributions from Jean-Yves Lacoste, Claude Romano, Richard Kearney, Kevin Hart and others, this book is necessary reading for anyone interested in the intersection of contemporary philosophy and theology.

Neal DeRoo teaches philosophy at Boston College. He is the co-editor of The Logic of Incarnation: James K.A. Smith’s Critique of Postmodern Religion (2009) and has lectured worldwide on the topics of phenomenology, religion, deconstruction, and psychoanalysis. John Panteleimon Manoussakis teaches philosophy at the College of Holy Cross. He is the author of God After Metaphysics: A Theological Aesthetic (2007). He has edited After God: Richard Kearney and the Religious Turn in Continental Philosophy (2005), and co-edited Heidegger and the Greeks: Interpretive Essays (2006) and Traversing the Imaginary: Richard Kearney and the Postmodern Challenge (2007).