Christ in postmodern philosophy : Gianni Vattimo, René Girard and Slavoj Žižek / Frederiek Depoortere.
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TextPublication details: London : T & T Clark, c2008.Description: viii, 159 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780567033314 (cased)
- 0567033317 (cased)
- 0567033325 (pbk.)
- 9780567033321 (pbk.)
- 232 22
- BR 100 .D45 2008
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| BR 96 .G65 2010 Key questions about Christian faith : | BR 100 .B25 2013 Christian philosophy : | BR 100 .B65 1968 Philosophy and the Christian faith: | BR 100 .D45 2008 Christ in postmodern philosophy : | BR 100 .G643 2008 Living at the crossroads : | BR 100 .G643 2008 Living at the crossroads : | BR 100 .K54 n.d. Crainte et tremblement : llyrique- dialectique / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introducing Gianni Vattimo --
Vattimo's Heideggerian christology : kenosis and caritas --
Evaluation --
René Girard --
Girard's christology : Christ reveals the violent foundations of culture --
Evaluation --
Introducing Slavoj Žižek --
Žižek's Lacanian christology : Christ as the ultimate objet petit a --
Evaluation.
Summary:
Offers an investigation into the Christological ideas of three contemporary thinkers: Slavoj Zizek, Gianni Vattimo and Rene Girard, focussing on the topics of the relation between transcendence and the event of the Incarnation on the one hand, and the topic of the uniqueness of Christianity on the other.