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Book SynopsisWestern dualism is an illusion. All of reality is a dialectical unity of incarnate love understood through the condition of the possibilities of divine and human, spirit and matter, Self and Other. Incarnation offers an understanding of the Self with ethical and cultural applications.
Trade ReviewSchade’s Incarnation is a philosophical journey. Welcome aboard! -- Catherine "Gracie" Barret Baston, First “Hearer of the Word," Campion College, Kingston, Jamaica
In this wide-ranging and fascinating essay in philosophical theology, Dr. Martin Schade proposes a new metaphysical/theological view that he names ‘Dialectical Incarnation.’ More than a metaphysical theory, dialectical incarnation is also a philosophical anthropology, a meta-ethics, and a normative ethics of love. The great strength of Schade’s view is its panoptic scope and the measure of Schade’s philosophical talent. -- Robert "Rex" Welshon, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
This is a book that will challenge many scholars and established orthodoxies within the various related disciplines of theology, religious studies, transcendental metaphysics and philosophical anthropology in its unique way of showing how it is possible to see the unity of all facets of reality. This rather engaging peculiarity uses the traditions of theological scholars enmeshed within the ambits of philosophy to argue the novel thesis that the totality of reality is suffused with an incarnate beingness. It is imaginable that over time, the views expressed therein may find favour with scientists, as the borders of dichotomies of reality are further eroded. -- John Ayotunde (Tunde) Isola Bewaji, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica
The book is well organized and the thesis carefully and subtly argued. The ease with which Schade expresses the ideas is a reflection of his good grounding in both philosophical scholarship and intellectual tradition. In the book, Schade transcends the narrow conception of incarnation found in much of Western scholarship and argues for a broad conception that is all-inclusive. Schade’s book is rewarding and refreshingly novel. -- Frederick Ochieng’-Odhiambo, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
Dr. Schade has taken the less-travelled road of using post-Hegelian thought to illuminate the traditional doctrine of God incarnate. Readers will find him a deeply thoughtful--at times even thrillingly adventurous--guide. -- Ronald K. Tacelli, S.J., Boston College
Incarnation reveals a new dialectical relationship between human beings and God, God needs humans to be God; humans need God to be human. -- Lawrence Bamikole, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter One: Ancient, Medieval and Modern Philosophical Background to Dialectical Incarnation Chapter Two: The Forming of Dialectical Incarnation: Cosmological, Metaphysical and Anthropological Foundations Chapter Three: Pantheism and Other Expressions of Dialectical Incarnation Chapter Four: Current Perspectives in Dialectical Incarnation Chapter Five: Material-Existential Instantiations of Dialectical Incarnation: The Self, Ethics and Culture Conclusion Bibliography
