The Death of God: An Investigation into the History of the Western Concept of God. By Frederiek Depoortere
Theslogan ‘God is dead’ has been around for quite a long time. If we are to believe the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo, the death of God and the subsequent ‘end of transcendence’, typical for philosophies of secularisation, constitute the quintessence of the Christian Gospel, its real and libera...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Review |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Literature and theology
Año: 2009, Volumen: 23, Número: 2, Páginas: 254-256 |
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| Sumario: | Theslogan ‘God is dead’ has been around for quite a long time. If we are to believe the Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo, the death of God and the subsequent ‘end of transcendence’, typical for philosophies of secularisation, constitute the quintessence of the Christian Gospel, its real and liberating nihilism—contrary to its alleged otherworldliness, against which Nietzsche raged in his own proclamation of the death of God. And even if Vattimo's somewhat far-reaching interpretation is dismissed, we have to admit that in the midst of the Christian tradition, from Meister Eckhart, through Luther and Hegel all the way up to Thomas Altizer and Mark C. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frp014 |