CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Translator’s Acknowledgments xix
5. Preface to the English Edition (1991) xxi
6. Preface to the Second Edition (2012) xxix
7. Envoi 1
8. God Without Being
9. ONE. The Idol and the Icon 7
10. TWO. Double Idolatry 25
11. THREE. The Crossing of Being 53
12. FOUR. The Reverse of Vanity 108
13. FIVE. Of the Eucharistic Site of Theology 139
14. Hors-Texte
15. SIX. The Present and the Gift 161
16. SEVEN. The Last Rigor 183
17. EIGHT. Thomas Aquinas and Onto- theo- logy 199
18. Notes 237
19. English- Language Editions Cited 281
20. Sources 285
21. Index 287