{"product_id":"the-nicene-option-james-k-a-smith-9781481313728","title":"The Nicene Option: An Incarnational Phenomenology","description":"\u003cp\u003eChristian philosophy and philosophy of religion tend to be dominated by analytic approaches, which have brought a valuable logical rigor to the discussion of matters of belief. However, the perspectives of continental philosophy--in particular, the continental emphasis on embodied forms of knowing--still have much to offer to the conversation and our understanding of what it means to be both rational and faithful in a postmodern world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e represents the full sweep of James K. A. Smith's work in continental philosophy of religion over the past twenty years. Animated by the conviction that a philosophy of religion needs to be philosophical reflection on the \u003ci\u003epractice\u003c\/i\u003e of religion, as a \"form of life\" (as Wittgenstein would say), this book makes the case for the distinct contribution that phenomenology--as a philosophy of experience--can make to philosophy of religion and Christian philosophy. Engaging a range of philosophers in this tradition, including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Jacques Derrida, Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Luc Marion, Richard Rorty, and Charles Taylor, Smith's constructive proposal coheres around what he describes as \"the logic of incarnation,\" a \"Nicene option\" in contemporary philosophy of religion. By grounding philosophy of religion in the doctrinal heart of Christian confession, Smith gestures toward a uniquely robust Christian philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides issuing a clarion call for the renaissance of continental philosophy of religion, \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e also offers a glimpse behind the scholarly curtain for a wider audience of readers familiar with Smith's popular works such as \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Postmodernism?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesiring the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eImagining the Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eYou Are What You Love\u003c\/i\u003e--all of which are tacitly informed by the phenomenological approach articulated in this book. As an extended footnote to those works--which for many readers have been gateways to philosophy-- \u003ci\u003eThe Nicene Option\u003c\/i\u003e presents an invitation to a new depth of reflection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James K. a. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 148131372X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481313728\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baylor University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 7.70w x 1.00d","brand":"James K. a. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055211180287,"sku":"9781481313728","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ecf9fdf5-b0a8-4651-b4bb-6c837960089d.jpg?v=1685034425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nicene-option-james-k-a-smith-9781481313728","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}