Drew M. Dalton - "Phenomenology and the Divine: Understanding the French Theological Turn" (2008)

Professor Drew M. Dalton on the contemporary turn to theology in french phenomenology. October 28th, 2008 - Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH

[@mandys1505]

i enjoy the lecture....thanks

[@henryzhang1349]

Very useful, thanks!

[@anonymoushuman8344]

Husserl's motto 'zur Sachen selbst' (mentioned at 7:50) translates as 'to the things themselves', not 'to the things in themselves'. The difference between these two phrases matters, since Husserl specifically rejected Kantian 'Dingen an sich' or 'things in themselves'. The things themselves that Husserl enjoins us to go back to are of course phenomena, not noumena. These include religious phenomena. But Husserl himself also worked explicitly towards a 'transcendental phenomenological metaphysics' as well as a phenomenological theology. These are taken up in some of his manuscripts and later works.

[@stultorum]

You're 100% right. This was an early lecture I gave extemporaneously just out of grad school to my colleagues at my first job. Nervous and without a text to cling to, I not only flubbed a few words in my delivery, I flubbed some important details as well. Frankly, I've always been a bit surprised at how much traction this video has gotten on-line. With regards to the content of your comment, I've actually published on the deference between Husserl's "Sachen selbst" and Kant's "Ding an sich," (as well as how phenomenology in general addresses the question of the absolute) in my last monograph "The Ethics of Resistance," pp. 30 ff. if you're curious to read more.