TY  - BOOK
AU  - Depoortere,Frederiek
TI  - Christ in postmodern philosophy: Gianni Vattimo, René Girard and Slavoj Žižek 
SN  - 9780567033314 (cased)
AV  - BR 100 .D45 2008
U1  - 232 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London
PB  - T & T Clark
KW  - Žižek, Slavoj.
KW  - Vattimo, Gianni,
KW  - Girard, René,
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Postmodernism
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
ER  -