JP2 Lectures // Jean-Luc Marion: The Phenomenological Openness of Revelation

On Thursday, November 18, we invite you to the next lecture of the 2021/22 series of “JP2 Lectures”, organized by the St. John Paul II Institute of Culture at the Angelicum, which will be given by Professor Jean-Luc Marion (Academie Française/University of Chicago), the 2020 Ratzinger Prize laureate. The lecture, entitled “The phenomenological openness of Revelation”, will start at PM (CET) in Aula Minor, at the Angelicum (address: Largo Angelicum, 1, 00184 Roma). The meaning of the word “Revelation” remains questionable, for historical and conceptual reasons. The most obvious issue focuses on whether Revelation gives an irrational addition to our knowledge of God, where faith takes the place of understanding, or if Revelation enlarged by faith is a genuine way of knowing God. In brief: Is it possible to know God by loving God? Jean-Luc Marion – born 3 July 1946 in Meudon, France. He is a French historian of philosophy, phenomenologist, and Roman Catholic theologian. He has held chai