The Providential Failure of Christianity: René Girard, Ivan Illich, and the Renewal of Apocalyptic Theology

The article argues that René Girard and Ivan Illich, each in their distinctive ways, draw upon the dimensions of the Christian apocalyptic tradition that are often ignored, and that their retrievals of this tradition, specifically of its theology of Antichrist, open up once again the theology of his...

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Main Author: Hughes, Kevin L. 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2019]
In: Pro ecclesia
Year: 2019, Volume: 28, Issue: 4, Pages: 432-445
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Girard, René 1923-2015 / Illich, Ivan 1926-2002 / Christianity / Apocalypticism
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
CA Christianity
NBQ Eschatology
TK Recent history
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