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Phenomenology
The Little Way of My Self's Revelation
Heidegger Theologische Zeitschrift | forthcoming
In this essay, I advance toward a phenomenology of becoming little according to its spirituality's namesake, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux. The phenomenon of the little—the weak, the veiled, the lowly—is, by right, overlooked; its revelation passes unnoticed while the self remains inflated. The arrival of the little awaits its selfless reductor, not the inflating selflessness of an absolute alterity but a way of becoming little which occasions its fullest manifestation. So little, so needed, I build on the phenomenologies of Emmanuel Levinas and Jean-Luc Marion positing all three moments along the way: the return to childhood, the discovery, after the, of self-confidence, and an unburdened audacity. The upshot is that the significance of the little is big; littleness makes possible the immanent glimpse of unconditional revelation; a glimpse of beauty.
Read This Paper >Littleness and the Constitution of the Irreducible Person
In forthcoming volume with Vernon Press
In this chapter, I introduce the phenomenon of "littleness" to French phenomenology which opens a way toward preparing for the manifestation of the person, the actualized phenomenon par excellence. The phenomenological concept of littleness introduced here is advanced and developed in my dissertation.
Read This Paper >Foucault, Marion, and the Irreducibility of the Human Person
Academic paper
An exploration of the intersection between Foucault's work on subjectivity and Marion's phenomenology in understanding the irreducible nature of human personhood.
Read This Paper >Ethics
Can We Defend Normative Error Theory?
Open Access Publication
An examination of normative error theory and its philosophical defensibility in contemporary moral philosophy.
Read This Paper >Why Ought We Be Good?
Academic paper
An investigation into the fundamental question of moral obligation and the reasons for ethical behavior.
Read This Paper >Book Reviews
The Scotus Dossier
Book Review
A critical review of recent scholarship on Duns Scotus and his philosophical contributions.
Read Review >The Irreducibility of the Human Person
Book Review
Review of contemporary work on human personhood and its philosophical implications.
Read Review >Being Unfolded
Book Review | American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly
A philosophical review examining contemporary approaches to ontology and existence.
Read Review >Dissertation
"Becoming Little: A Phenomenological Exfoliation of the Way of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face"
Ph.D. Dissertation, Saint Louis University, 2024
This dissertation develops a comprehensive phenomenology of "littleness" through an engagement with the spiritual writings of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, showing how her "Little Way" offers profound insights into fundamental philosophical questions about selfhood, revelation, and moral transformation.
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