Hegelian Nihilism and the Christian Narrative: On Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank's Readings of Hegel's Philosophy of Religion
My goal in this paper is to demonstrate that Milbank and Žižek's respective criticisms of Hegel's redescription of the Christian narrative are flawed because both identify Hegelian spirit as fully immanent. This misreading has enormous consequences, for it suggests that Hegel did not find...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 244-259 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history NAB Fundamental theology NBC Doctrine of God NBF Christology |
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| Summary: | My goal in this paper is to demonstrate that Milbank and Žižek's respective criticisms of Hegel's redescription of the Christian narrative are flawed because both identify Hegelian spirit as fully immanent. This misreading has enormous consequences, for it suggests that Hegel did not find a way to adequately support his project of reconciling the finite and the infinite. By contrast, I suggest that if Hegel's philosophy of religion is understood as both immanent and transcendent, or more precisely, as advancing a theory of mutual immanence, the charges of nihilism and atheism cannot be upheld. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/heyj.13063 |