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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2015]
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/fru041 |