On the Possibility of (Un)Naming God: Thinking Theologically Along the Lines of Literature

Through a critical analysis of the ideas of Jean-Luc Marion, Paul Ricoeur, and Maurice Blanchot, this article argues for the need to think theologically 'along the lines' of literature. I do not claim that theology is literature, or literary criticism, but that new possibilities open up in...

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Main Author: Hall, W. David 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press [2015]
In: Literature and theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 166-182
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
NBB Doctrine of Revelation
NBC Doctrine of God
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Summary:Through a critical analysis of the ideas of Jean-Luc Marion, Paul Ricoeur, and Maurice Blanchot, this article argues for the need to think theologically 'along the lines' of literature. I do not claim that theology is literature, or literary criticism, but that new possibilities open up in light of an encounter with what theology shares with literature: the capacity to articulate a revelatory event. I conclude with the suggestion that theological discourse is a kind of self-conscious idolatry that strives to de-nominate God, a conscious naming of the divine that simultaneously recognises the inadequacy of those names.
ISSN:1477-4623
Contains:Enthalten in: Literature and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru041