The Long Strangeness: God Lost, God Found, God Loved
This essay deals with two narratives. The first, given in a thumbnail sketch, concerns modernity's long dalliance with God, a default story of the extrinsic view which results in the "loss" of God, even when God's presence was the intended assertion. Postmodern discussion of God,...
| Published in: | Louvain studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Peeters
[2019]
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| In: |
Louvain studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
God
/ Christianity
/ Philosophy
/ Spirituality
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CB Christian life; spirituality FA Theology KAA Church history NBC Doctrine of God |
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| Summary: | This essay deals with two narratives. The first, given in a thumbnail sketch, concerns modernity's long dalliance with God, a default story of the extrinsic view which results in the "loss" of God, even when God's presence was the intended assertion. Postmodern discussion of God, emphasizing negative theology, is a direct reaction to this view. But much of it leaves us with a disembodied extrinsicism no better than its catalyst. Second, I retrieve a more reticent alternative: an incarnational narrative played out over everyday praxis rather than in theory. This performative and aesthetic narrative has its more proximate roots in a post-medieval tradition, extending from Renaissance humanism to the praxis of Pope Francis. This sacramental narrative of "God found" and "God loved" connects what currently seem to be two separate considerations of God: the necessary apophatic postmodern emphasis on "impossibility", and the just-as-necessary kataphatic lived experience of everyday theophanies with their mystical and political implications. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 142: Lied "Wo soll ich fliehen hin/Auf meinen lieben Gott" mit Noten und Liedtext |
| ISSN: | 1783-161X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Louvain studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/LS.42.2.3286592 |