Jean-Yves Lacoste is a French philosopher. Lacoste is associated with what

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called the "theological turn in phenomenology", along with other influential French phenomenologists like

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and

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.Le tournant théologique de la phénoménologie française, Paris, Éditions de l'Éclat, 1992. Lacoste's work straddles philosophy and theology, and displays an interest in what might be called

postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of moderni ...

themes. He works in

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and

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and has a life membership at

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. Lacoste's influential 1994 book ''Experience and the Absolute'' argues against the modern prizing of "religious experience" and defends the view that God is knowable as lovable but does not give himself by way of experience or feeling.http://artsandsciences.virginia.edu/pbrlect/ In 2010, Lacoste delivered the James W. Richards lectures at the

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while he was a Visiting Professor of Religious Studies. His paper, "From Theology to Theological Thinking", called for erasing rigid distinctions between philosophical and theological disciplines.

Publications

* ''Note sur le temps: Essai sur les raisons de la mémoire et de l'espérance'', Paris, PUF,1990. * ''Expérience et absolu: Questions disputées sur l'humanité de l'homme'' (''Experience and the Absolute: Disputed Questions on the Humanity of Man''), Paris, PUF, 1994. * ''Le Monde et l'absence d'oeuvre'', Paris, PUF, 2000. * ''Dictionnaire critique de théologie'', ed., ''Encyclopedia of Christian Theology'', New York : Routledge, 2005 * ''La phénoménalité de Dieu : Neuf études'', Paris, Cerf, 2008. * ''Être en danger'', Paris, Cerf, 2011.

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