Knowing God Beyond Imagining: A Critical Appraisal of the Relation between Systematic Theology and Concrete Reality in John Milbank's Thought
John Milbank's work repeatedly invites two fundamental criticisms: he supposedly prioritises abstract thought over concrete reality, and he claims for himself a God's eye perspective on reality that is forgetful of any epistemological limits concerning a truthful human vision of the whole....
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Modern theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 33, Issue: 4, Pages: 511-528 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Milbank, John 1952-
/ Schillebeeckx, Edward 1914-2009
/ God
/ Perspective
/ Ontology
/ Imagination
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology VA Philosophy |
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| Summary: | John Milbank's work repeatedly invites two fundamental criticisms: he supposedly prioritises abstract thought over concrete reality, and he claims for himself a God's eye perspective on reality that is forgetful of any epistemological limits concerning a truthful human vision of the whole. Contrary to the first criticism, this article appreciates the way in which Milbank follows twentieth-century Ressourcement theologies in relating concrete reality and abstract systematic thought. The second criticism does not disqualify Milbank's ontology, but encourages a more consequent application of this ontology in his assessment of concrete reality. As a corrective, Edward Schillebeeckx's contribution to Ressourcement theologies is revisited, as his work bears the promise of attaining an ever more limitless vision of God, via the path of contemplating concrete reality. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-0025 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Modern theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/moth.12335 |