Impanation, incarnation, and enabling externalism

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN: 1469-901x|51|1|75-90

ISSN: 0034-4125

Source: Religious Studies, Vol.51, Iss.1, 2014-07, pp. : 75-90

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Abstract

I articulate a real presence theory of the Eucharist that is coherent, attractive, and utilizes the resources of contemporary Christology. First, I review some of the recent analytic discussions of the metaphysics of the incarnation. From this, I distinguish two types of impanation, which I name Type-H and Type-S Impanation. I then expound Type-S Impanation utilizing the notion of enabling externalism. I raise two potential objections to this view, the responses to which allow me to highlight the incarnation-like coherence and attractiveness of this view as an exposition of the liturgical utterance ‘This is my body.’