Phenomenology Booth, Pt. 2 / Conor Sweeney / Dasein, the Sacraments, and Metaphysics

The Theology Mill

The Phenomenology Booth is a virtual exhibit devoted to the philosophical field of phenomenology. The exhibit is hosted on the Wipf and Stock Blog and includes a set of interviews with philosophers and theologians working in phenomenology, as well as a selection of Wipf and Stock’s books in phenomenology. You can find the link to the booth below.

Dr. Conor Sweeney is a professor of theology at Christendom College and the author of a handful of books with us at Cascade, including his Sacramental Presence after Heidegger: Onto-theology, Sacraments, and the Mother’s Smile.

In the interview, Professor Sweeney and I have a conversation about Heidegger, sacramental theology, John Paul II, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and lots more.

PODCAST LINKS:

The Phenomenology Booth: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/15/the-phenomenology-booth/

Blog post: https://wipfandstock.com/blog/2022/11/28/the-phenomenology-booth-conor-sweeney-dasein-the-sacraments-in-postmodernity-and-von-balthasars-rehabilitated-metaphysics/

Author page: https://wipfandstock.com/author/conor-sweeney/

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SOURCES MENTIONED:

Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time.

Husserl, Edmund. The Logical Investigations. 2 vols.

Marion, Jean-Luc. In Excess: Studies of Saturated Phenomena.

Sokolowski, Robert. Introduction to Phenomenology.

von Balthasar, Hans Urs. Love Alone Is Credible.

Wojtyla, Karol/John Paul II. Love and Responsibility.

———. Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body.

———. Person and Community: Selected Essays.

OUTLINE:

(01:23) – Phenomenology as the study of givenness

(04:30) – Sokolowski – Husserl - Wojtyla/John Paul II

(08:43) – JP2, Heidegger, and the French theological turn

(12:47) – Phenomenology and golfing

(18:43) – The “destruction” of “onto-theology”

(25:18) – “Dasein,” “being-in-the-world,” and “being-towards-death”

(28:56) – von Balthasar vis-à-vis Chauvet and Boeve

(34:31) – Dasein and "the mother’s smile”