An absolutely new space
This article engages with the initially scientific, and then philosophical and theological, transfigurations of space that have occurred since the seventeenth century, as they lead us towards a radical praxis of a nihilistic space. It is the epic poets, such as Dante, Milton, Blake and Joyce, who pr...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2007
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Literature and theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 21, Issue: 4, Pages: 347-361 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Space (Motif)
/ Belief in the hereafter (Motif)
/ Literature
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture NBQ Eschatology |
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| Summary: | This article engages with the initially scientific, and then philosophical and theological, transfigurations of space that have occurred since the seventeenth century, as they lead us towards a radical praxis of a nihilistic space. It is the epic poets, such as Dante, Milton, Blake and Joyce, who provide the parameters of an absolutely new space, a revolutionary transfiguration of space and God; it is the great epics that intimately influence real space through an enactment of universal liturgy and ritual. Such enactment draws us inescapably into a uniquely apocalyptic nihilism, but one to be affirmed and embraced rather than denied. |
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| ISSN: | 0269-1205 |
| Contains: | In: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frm037 |