Displacing Christian origins: philosophy, secularity, and the New Testament
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1. Verfasser: Blanton, Ward (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2007
Schriftenreihe:Religion and postmodernism
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-217) and index
Interdisciplinary maps of religion and secularity : toward a critical present -- Escape from the biblical aura : Hegel and Strauss on modern biblical criticism -- The mechanics of (dis)enchantment : Nietzsche and D.F. Strauss on the production of religious texts in the age of industrial media -- Paul's secretary : Heidegger's apostolic light from the ancient Near East -- Reason's apocalypse : Albert Schweitzer's fully eschatological Jesus and the collapse of metaphysics -- Conclusion: Displacing Christian origins as displacements of religion and secularity
Recent critical theory is curiously preoccupied with the metaphors and ideas of early Christianity, especially the religion of Paul. The haunting of secular thought by the very religion it seeks to overcome may seem surprising at first, but Ward Blanton argues that this recent return by theorists to the resources of early Christianity has precedent in modern and ostensibly secularizing philosophy, from Kant to Heidegger. Displacing Christian Origins traces the current critical engagement of Agamben, Derrida, and ?i?ek, among others, back into nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century philosopher
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ISBN:0226056880
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