Review of Slavoj Žižek and John Milbank’s, The Monstrosity of Christ: Paradox or Dialectic? Edited by Creston Davis
The Monstrosity of Christ provides an exchange between the Slovenian theorist Slavoj Žižek and the British theologian John Milbank. Both authors argue that Christianity is the religion of ‘absolute truth,’ but provide very different accounts of this. Milbank argues that Christianity is true insofar...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Review |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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Sophia
Anno: 2010, Volume: 49, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 165-167 |
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B Creston Davis B Slavoj Žižek B Radical Orthodoxy B John Milbank B Death of God B Analogy B Recensione |
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| Riepilogo: | The Monstrosity of Christ provides an exchange between the Slovenian theorist Slavoj Žižek and the British theologian John Milbank. Both authors argue that Christianity is the religion of ‘absolute truth,’ but provide very different accounts of this. Milbank argues that Christianity is true insofar as only the incarnation of Christ mediates the paradoxical metaphysical participation of the finite within the infinite. Žižek argues that the crucifixion of Christ constitutes the death of God, demonstrating that there is no providential or transcendent reality supervening on human history. This realization constitutes the universal truth of Christianity. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-009-0145-0 |
