“If It Be Your Will”: Making Promises with Derrida, Ricoeur and Chauvet

Through a critical engagement with the work of Derrida, Ricoeur and Chauvet, the author defines the Christian vow or promise as an ever-new performance of the self in favour of the “other”. The notion of the asymmetry of one's relationship with the other is explored in terms of a “call” in the...

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Main Author: Deverell, Garry J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2003
In: Pacifica
Year: 2003, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 271-294
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