RT Article
T1 Irenaeus, Derrida and Hospitality: On the Eschatological Overcoming of Violence
JF Modern theology
VO 19
IS 2
SP 163
OP 180
A1 Boersma, Hans 1961-
LA English
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1929709706
AB God's hospitality or welcome of human beings into eternal life can be approached by means of Western (kataphatic) or Eastern (apophatic) strategies. I explore Derrida's understanding of 'pure hospitality', which contains parallels with apophatic theology. I then appeal to Irenaeus's eschatology, which exhibits a fruitful tension between kataphatic and apophatic elements, to provide a transcendent warrant for human hospitality. On the one hand, the Bishop's millenarian opposition to Gnosticism implies the continuation of the substance of creation in the eternal Kingdom. On the other hand, Irenaeus's emphasis on deification and visio Dei suggests a future of 'pure hospitality' and openness.
DO 10.1111/1468-0025.00215