{"product_id":"if-creation-is-a-gift-mark-manolopoulos-9780791493946","title":"If Creation Is a Gift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrings an ecotheological perspective to postmodern gift theory.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if our world were considered a gift? Extending postmodern gift theory to ecological and ecotheological concerns, Mark Manolopoulos explores how \"creation\"-the what-is-can be seen as a gift. Creation, when viewed in a radically egalitarian way, is the matrix of all material things-human, otherwise-than-human, or humanly manufactured. Utilizing and critiquing the work of Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion, Manolopoulos argues that the gift is an irresolvable paradox marked by the contradictory elements of excess (gratuity, linearity) and exchange (gratitude, return). Philosophical and theological reflections on the gift become entangled in its paradoxical tension, but ultimately both aspects must be respected and reflected. When it comes to the creation-gift, we should vacillate between responses like letting-be, enjoyment, utility, and return. Elegantly written and thought-provoking, If Creation Is a Gift both contributes to the ongoing debate on the gift and provides a fresh philosophical and theological consideration of the environmental crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Manolopoulos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791493946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791493946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Mark Manolopoulos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438010478847,"sku":"9780791493946","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56fc56f8-f636-4489-a876-7c3daf3f5a08.jpg?v=1777168189","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/if-creation-is-a-gift-mark-manolopoulos-9780791493946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}