Thinking God Otherwise: Entering Into the Work of Emmanuel Falque - Hardcover

by Alain Saudan (Author), Jacob Saliba (Translator), Emmanuel Falque (Foreword by)

Contemporary French Catholic philosopher Emmanuel Falque has risen to the forefront among international intellectuals speaking on Christianity. Inspired by his Catholic faith as well as his humanist vision, Falque offers thought-provoking answers to today's social, cultural, and philosophical issues. The present book, newly translated from the French, offers a vivid and highly accessible introduction to the basic premises underlying Falque's work. In it, French author Alain Saudan lucidly shows how Falque's thought not only comes from major twentieth-century pioneers of Catholicism, Henri de Lubac, SJ, Jacques Maritain, Jurgen Moltmann, Karl Rahner, SJ, and Jean-Luc Marion, but also creatively transcends their ideas by introducing novel concepts into philosophy and theology. Saudan's book offers a window into key debates, tensions, and opportunities within the Western tradition that religious and secular cultures are continuing to grapple with today.

Author Biography

Alain Saudan earned agrégé in philosophy from the Ecole Normale Supérieure. A former student of Paul Ricoeur, Saudan wrote a masters thesis on the philosophy of religion in Spinoza and a dissertation on semiotics in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. He is also the author of Fonder la loi (1998) as well as Littérature et philosophie: Écrire, penser, vivre (2002). He currently serves as professor at the Lycée International de Saint-Gerlain-en-Laye.



Jacob Saliba is a PhD candidate (ABD) in French intellectual history at Boston College.