Author
Rachel M. Coleman
Rachel M. Coleman is the Edith Stein Fellow in Metaphysics at the Cultura Initiative in Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
Articles in Communio
4 Articles
Matter as Revelation of God’s Love
Appears in The Flesh · Fall 2022 · Vol. 49, No. 3
“[T]he giver allows himself to remain hidden, in and through matter, so that the receiver—the creature—in no way thinks of himself as a mere extension of the giver. Matter, then, is a sign of a giver so transcendent that he is able to surrender to what he gives.”
Thinking the “Nothing” of Being: Ferdinand Ulrich on Transnihilation
Appears in Being as an Image of Divine Love: A Symposium on Homo Abyssus · Spring 2019 · Vol. 46, No. 1
“Being’s nonsubsistence . . . is precisely what allows it to transform distance into intimacy.”
The Saving Difference
Appears in Saving the Differences · Summer 2015 · Vol. 42, No. 2
"[T]he primary 'mission' of difference is entirely beneficient: to enable creatures to be with one another, and so to help one another to recognize being itself as the purely good gift that it is."
The Real World: A Metaphysical Reflection on The Great Divorce
Appears in Our Father Who Art in Heaven · Spring 2015 · Vol. 42, No. 1