ABSTRACT
Modern philosophy, from its Cartesian inception up to the current “analytic versus continental” division, has sought to elucidate the field of evidence known as the “given.” The given can with equal justice frame how Descartes prefers his readers to conceive of the representationalism bound up with the concept of God. The Trinity and incarnation are doctrines that assist the Christian believer in framing and apprehending God as God unfolds in the biblical narrative. The Trinity may be a counter-intuitive and inexhaustible mystery, but as a phenomenon, the Trinity must be received in a way that is in keeping with the “how” of all doctrine, a lifeworld learned in scripture, prayer, and liturgy. Augustine, on whom Marion heavily draws, contends that the Trinity is the bedrock of an eschatological pilgrimage. The vocabulary of anamorphosis takes center stage in the sprawling investigation of the Trinitarian revelation.
