The Fractured Self and the Primacy of the Future: Edward Schillebeeckx and the Eschatological Horizon

In light of the problem of the postmodern "de-centered" subject for Christianity, I address the loss of a common expectation horizon of the eschatological future. This loss is situated within the wider collapse of modern metanarratives and the dispersal of the primacy and critical power of...

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Autor principal: Minch, Daniel 1986- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: [2016]
En: Horizons
Año: 2016, Volumen: 43, Número: 1, Páginas: 57-85
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAJ Época contemporánea
NBE Antropología
NBQ Escatología
Otras palabras clave:B master narratives
B Postmodernism
B Jean-François Lyotard
B Hermeneutics
B Temporality
B Edward Schillebeeckx
B Eschatology
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:In light of the problem of the postmodern "de-centered" subject for Christianity, I address the loss of a common expectation horizon of the eschatological future. This loss is situated within the wider collapse of modern metanarratives and the dispersal of the primacy and critical power of the future, leading to an incomplete and even shattered process of identity formation for Christians. By recovering elements of Edward Schillebeeckx's eschatology, I suggest a way forward by drawing on the wider Christian tradition and hope for salvation as an essential element for the ongoing process of identity formation, while using his thought to critique the fractured postmodern "self" and contemporary trends in culture, religion, and economics.
ISSN:2050-8557
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Horizons
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/hor.2016.5